Girls' name · since 1965
Teesha
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 478 babies named Teesha, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
478 girls have been named Teesha since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Teesha has 478 recorded births among girls since 1965, 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 1965 to 2008.
- #12,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 478 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teesha ranks #12,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 478 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Teesha's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teesha's full recorded timeline at 1982, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2008
- Peak year (1980)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Teesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (164 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Teesha's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Teesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
158 births
- 1980s
1980s
164 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 164 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Teesha's data
- Teesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1965–2008 (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 Teesha 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.