Girls' name · since 1972
Phylisha
Phylisha has 135 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Phylisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1972.
Phylisha has 135 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2000.
- #23,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phylisha ranks #23,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Phylisha's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phylisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Phylisha's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Phylisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2000
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Phylisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (79 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Phylisha's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Phylisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Phylisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phylisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1972–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Phylisha 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 August 2026.