Samisha — girls' name
47 babies named Samisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
87% of everyone ever named Samisha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Samisha in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Samisha between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samisha performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Samisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samisha 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 47 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.
Samisha at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990
- Peak year (2021)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
47 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 16 births in a single year.
Samisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 41 births that decade — 87% of Samisha's all-time total
Samisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Samisha's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.