Girls' name · since 1988
Raesha
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Raesha, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
78 girls have been named Raesha since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Raesha recorded 78 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1998.
- #29,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raesha ranks #29,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raesha's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raesha splits its recorded history at 1992: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1998
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Raesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (57 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Raesha's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Raesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 57 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1988–1998 (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 Raesha 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.