Girls' name · since 1974
Mikisha
101 babies named Mikisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 101
- total births
- 1974–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
101 girls have been named Mikisha since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikisha has been recorded 101 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1998.
- 101 total births
- 1974–1998 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikisha's 101 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikisha splits its recorded history at 1983: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1998
- Peak year (1976)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Mikisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mikisha's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Mikisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 54 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mikisha's data
- Mikisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikisha: Baby Name Since 1974 - 101 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikisha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mikisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.