Risha — #6200 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Risha

The Social Security Administration has registered 946 babies named Risha between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Risha currently holds the #6200 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Risha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Risha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Risha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Risha 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 946 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.