Girls' name · since 1976
Tishona
18 babies named Tishona in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tishona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tishona has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1998.
- #47,340 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tishona ranks #47,340 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #47,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tishona's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tishona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tishona splits its recorded history at 1996: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tishona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1998
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Tishona by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Tishona's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Tishona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tishona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1976–1998 (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 Tishona 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.