Girls' name · since 1971
Tahesha
165 babies named Tahesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tahesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 165 recorded since 1971.
Tahesha has 165 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1991.
- #21,799 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 165 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahesha ranks #21,799 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tahesha's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tahesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tahesha splits its recorded history at 1979: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tahesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1991
- Peak year (1977)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Tahesha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (106 births, 64% of the file).
1970s was Tahesha's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Tahesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 106 births (64% of all-time use).
Tahesha by state
Where Tahesha concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 9.7% |
16 of 165 births nationwide.
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- Tahesha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Taheshas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tahesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1971–1991 (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 Tahesha 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.