Temesha — girls' name
131 babies named Temesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Temesha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Temesha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Temesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Temesha between 1974 and 1996, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Temesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Temesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Temesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Temesha 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 131 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.
Temesha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Temesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1974
- Peak year (1978)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
131 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 13 births in a single year.
Temesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 66 births that decade — 50% of Temesha's all-time total
Temesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Temesha's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Temesha by state
Where Temesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 131 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.