Girls' name · since 1970
Reesha
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 81 babies named Reesha, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,525 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 81
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Reesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 81 recorded since 1970.
Reesha has 81 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2020.
- #29,525 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 81 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reesha ranks #29,525 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 81 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,525 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 81
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Reesha's 81 recorded births place it above 59.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Reesha's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Reesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2020
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Reesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (47 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Reesha's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Reesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 47 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Reesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Reesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1970–2020 (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 Reesha 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.