Natisha — girls' name
1,860 babies named Natisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Natisha was born in this single decade.
123 babies were named Natisha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Natisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,860 babies named Natisha between 1969 and 2013, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Natisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 123 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Natisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 840 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Natisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 154 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Natisha in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Natisha 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 1,860 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.
Natisha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Natisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1969
- Peak year (1980)
- 123
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
1,860 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 123 births in a single year.
Natisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 840 births that decade — 45% of Natisha's all-time total
Natisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 840 births
- Runner-up 643 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Natisha's strongest decade
840 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Natisha by state
Where Natisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 154 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 86 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 68 | 3.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 56 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 36 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 31 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 30 | 1.6% |
154 of 1,860 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Natisha appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1969–2013 (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.