Valisha — girls' name
248 babies named Valisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Valisha was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Valisha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Valisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Valisha between 1965 and 2000, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Valisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Valisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Valisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Valisha 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 248 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.
Valisha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Valisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1965
- Peak year (1990)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
248 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 20 births in a single year.
Valisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 106 births that decade — 43% of Valisha's all-time total
Valisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Valisha's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1965–2000 (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.