Girls' name · since 1990
Samisha
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.
- #35,778 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
47 girls have been named Samisha since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samisha has been recorded 47 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2023.
- #35,778 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samisha ranks #35,778 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,778 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Samisha's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Samisha's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Samisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2023
- Peak year (2021)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Samisha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Samisha's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Samisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1990–2023 (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 Samisha 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.