Mikisha — girls' name
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.
The verdict
101 girls have been named Mikisha since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 101
- total births
- 1974–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Mikisha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Mikisha in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Mikisha between 1974 and 1998, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mikisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikisha 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 101 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.
Mikisha at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1974
- Peak year (1976)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
101 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 13 births in a single year.
Mikisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 54 births that decade — 53% of Mikisha's all-time total
Mikisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Mikisha's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1974–1998 (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.