Talisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Talisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,911 babies named Talisha between 1967 and 2023, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 140 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Talisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Talisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Talisha in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Talisha 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 2,911 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.