Willisha — girls' name
95 babies named Willisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Willisha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Willisha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Willisha between 1979 and 2000, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Willisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willisha 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 95 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.
Willisha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1979
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
95 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 10 births in a single year.
Willisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 54 births that decade — 57% of Willisha's all-time total
Willisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Willisha's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1979–2000 (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.