Girls' name · since 1966
Resha
Resha has 257 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Resha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 257 have been recorded since 1966.
Resha has 257 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1998.
- #17,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 257 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Resha ranks #17,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 257 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Resha's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Resha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Resha splits its recorded history at 1983: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Resha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1998
- Peak year (1979)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Resha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (95 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Resha's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Resha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 95 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Resha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 1990s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Resha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1966–1998 (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 Resha 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.