Girls' name · since 1965
Valisha
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.
- #17,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Valisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 248 have been recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Valisha recorded 248 times among girls since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2000.
- #17,685 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 248 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valisha ranks #17,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Valisha's 248 recorded births place it above 75.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Valisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Valisha splits its recorded history at 1980: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Valisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2000
- Peak year (1990)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Valisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (106 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Valisha's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Valisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
106 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 106 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Valisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Valisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 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, 1965–2000 (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 Valisha 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.