Girls' name · since 1978
Stesha
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 132 babies named Stesha, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 132 have been recorded since 1978.
Stesha has 132 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2007.
- #24,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 132 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stesha ranks #24,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 132 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 132
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Stesha's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stesha's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2007
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Stesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Stesha's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Stesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Stesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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 Stesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1978–2007 (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 Stesha 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.