Girls' name · since 1973
Taleshia
Taleshia has 157 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Taleshia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 157 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taleshia has been recorded 157 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2001.
- #22,332 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 157 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taleshia ranks #22,332 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Taleshia's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taleshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taleshia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taleshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2001
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Taleshia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (73 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Taleshia's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Taleshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 73 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taleshia's data
- Taleshia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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 Taleshia: 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 (~28 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, 1973–2001 (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 Taleshia 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.