Tikisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tikisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Tikisha between 1971 and 1990, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tikisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tikisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tikisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tikisha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tikisha 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 278 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.