Recorded 1971–1998 Girls' name Peak 1980 301 births

Tunisha — girls' name

301 babies named Tunisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s1171980s1271990s57
1980s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Tunisha was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

21 babies were named Tunisha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tunisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Tunisha between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tunisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tunisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tunisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tunisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tunisha 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 301 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.

Tunisha at a glance

Last recorded 1998

Total births

301

Since 1971

28 years of records

Peak year

1980

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1971

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 1998

Tunisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1980)
21
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
510152025 199819921989198519821979197619731971 10

Tunisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
127 births that decade — 42% of Tunisha's all-time total
1970s1171980s1271990s57

Tunisha by state

Where Tunisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tunisha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 1.7%
New York share of Tunisha's total US births 1.7%

5 of 301 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tunisha?
301 babies have been named Tunisha since 1971. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1980 with 21 births.
When was Tunisha most popular?
Tunisha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Tunisha most popular?
The top states for the name Tunisha are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Tunisha been used?
Tunisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 28 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Tunisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tunisia, Tunya, Tunesia, Tundra, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1971–1998 (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.