Tykesha — girls' name
214 babies named Tykesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Tykesha was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Tykesha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tykesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Tykesha between 1975 and 2000, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tykesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tykesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tykesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tykesha 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 214 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.
Tykesha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tykesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1975
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
214 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 19 births in a single year.
Tykesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 89 births that decade — 42% of Tykesha's all-time total
Tykesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tykesha's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2000 (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.