Taiesha — girls' name
251 babies named Taiesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Taiesha was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Taiesha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taiesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Taiesha between 1974 and 1998, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taiesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taiesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taiesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taiesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taiesha 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 251 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.
Taiesha at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taiesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
251 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 21 births in a single year.
Taiesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 135 births that decade — 54% of Taiesha's all-time total
Taiesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Taiesha's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Taiesha by state
Where Taiesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 8.8% |
22 of 251 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–1998 (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.