Girls' name · since 1981
Tylesha
210 babies named Tylesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tylesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 210 have been recorded since 1981.
Tylesha has 210 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2004.
- #19,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tylesha ranks #19,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tylesha's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tylesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tylesha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tylesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2004
- Peak year (1999)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Tylesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (121 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Tylesha's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Tylesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
121 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 121 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Tylesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tylesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1981–2004 (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 Tylesha 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.