Girls' name · since 1988
Taquesha
Taquesha has 53 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taquesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1988.
Taquesha has 53 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1994.
- #34,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taquesha ranks #34,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taquesha's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taquesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taquesha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taquesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Taquesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 91% of the file).
1990s was Taquesha's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Taquesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (91% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taquesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1988–1994 (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 Taquesha 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.