Girls' name · since 1979
Willisha
Willisha has 95 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Willisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 95 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Willisha recorded 95 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2000.
- #27,745 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willisha ranks #27,745 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Willisha's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Willisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Willisha splits its recorded history at 1991: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Willisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2000
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Willisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Willisha's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Willisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Willisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Willisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1979–2000 (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 Willisha 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.