Tysha — girls' name
853 babies named Tysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Tysha was born in this single decade.
55 babies were named Tysha in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 853 babies named Tysha between 1964 and 2013, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 55 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tysha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tysha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tysha 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 853 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.
Tysha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1964
- Peak year (1974)
- 55
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
853 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 55 births in a single year.
Tysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 323 births that decade — 38% of Tysha's all-time total
Tysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 323 births
- Runner-up 210 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tysha's strongest decade
323 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Tysha by state
Where Tysha concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #4 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
18 of 853 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1964–2013 (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.