Girls' name · since 1971
Tarisha
237 babies named Tarisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
237 girls have been named Tarisha since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tarisha has 237 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1996.
- #18,135 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 237 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarisha ranks #18,135 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tarisha's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tarisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tarisha's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tarisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1996
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tarisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (105 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Tarisha's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Tarisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
105 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 105 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Tarisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 1990s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tarisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1971–1996 (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 Tarisha 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.