Girls' name · since 1976
Salisha
82 babies named Salisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 82 have been recorded since 1976.
Salisha has 82 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2010.
- #29,397 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salisha ranks #29,397 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salisha's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Salisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Salisha's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Salisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2010
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Salisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Salisha's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Salisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Salisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Salisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 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, 1976–2010 (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 Salisha 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.