Walisha — girls' name
16 babies named Walisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Walisha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Walisha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Walisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Walisha between 1973 and 1990, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Walisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Walisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Walisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Walisha 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 16 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.
Walisha at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Walisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1973
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
16 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 6 births in a single year.
Walisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Walisha's all-time total
Walisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Walisha's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1973–1990 (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.