Girls' name · since 1978
Tyshea
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 136 babies named Tyshea, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tyshea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 136 have been recorded since 1978.
Tyshea has 136 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2003.
- #23,824 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tyshea ranks #23,824 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,824 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tyshea's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tyshea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tyshea's full recorded timeline at 1995, 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 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tyshea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2003
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tyshea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Tyshea's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Tyshea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Tyshea's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2000s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tyshea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1978–2003 (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 Tyshea 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.