Matisha — girls' name
167 babies named Matisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
167 girls have been named Matisha since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 167
- total births
- 1972–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Matisha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Matisha in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Matisha between 1972 and 1999, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Matisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 167 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Matisha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Matisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1972
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
167 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 12 births in a single year.
Matisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 77 births that decade — 46% of Matisha's all-time total
Matisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Matisha's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.