Raysha — girls' name
98 babies named Raysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Raysha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Raysha in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Raysha between 1987 and 2003, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raysha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Raysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raysha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raysha 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 98 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.
Raysha at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1987
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
98 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 17 births in a single year.
Raysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 45 births that decade — 46% of Raysha's all-time total
Raysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raysha's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Raysha by state
Where Raysha concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 5.1% |
5 of 98 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2003 (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.