Girls' name · since 1970
Reeshemah
Reeshemah has 121 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
121 girls have been named Reeshemah since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reeshemah has been recorded 121 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1986.
- #25,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 121 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reeshemah ranks #25,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Reeshemah's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reeshemah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reeshemah splits its recorded history at 1977: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reeshemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1986
- Peak year (1971)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Reeshemah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (110 births, 91% of the file).
1970s was Reeshemah's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Reeshemah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
110 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 110 births (91% of all-time use).
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- Reeshemah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1980s -- 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 Reeshemah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1970–1986 (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 Reeshemah 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.