Girls' name · since 1976
Tarlisha
Tarlisha has 11 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Tarlisha since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarlisha has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1979.
- #54,246 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tarlisha ranks #54,246 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #54,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tarlisha's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tarlisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tarlisha's full recorded timeline at 1979, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tarlisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Tarlisha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Tarlisha's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tarlisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tarlisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1976–1979 (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 Tarlisha 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.