Myisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Myisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,551 babies named Myisha between 1969 and 2013, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 599 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Myisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 397 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Myisha in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myisha 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 1,551 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.