Maurisha — girls' name
227 babies named Maurisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
227 girls have been named Maurisha since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 227
- total births
- 1979–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Maurisha was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Maurisha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maurisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Maurisha between 1979 and 2006, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maurisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maurisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maurisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maurisha 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 227 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.
Maurisha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maurisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1979
- Peak year (1992)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
227 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 22 births in a single year.
Maurisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 153 births that decade — 67% of Maurisha's all-time total
Maurisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maurisha's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1979–2006 (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.