Girls' name · since 1971
Terisha
155 babies named Terisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 155 recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Terisha recorded 155 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1999.
- #22,458 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terisha ranks #22,458 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terisha's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terisha splits its recorded history at 1985: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1999
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Terisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (74 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Terisha's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Terisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 74 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Terisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 1990s (45) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Terisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~28 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, 1971–1999 (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 Terisha 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.