Tarnisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tarnisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Tarnisha between 1971 and 2000, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tarnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tarnisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tarnisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Tarnisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tarnisha 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 397 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.