Recorded 1976–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 109 births

Yesha — girls' name

109 babies named Yesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s121990s352000s332010s182020s5
1990s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Yesha was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yesha in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Yesha between 1976 and 2020, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yesha 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 109 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.

Yesha at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

109

Since 1976

45 years of records

Peak year

2002

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1976

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2020

Yesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1976

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
8
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
456789 2020201020051999199319881976 6

Yesha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
35 births that decade — 32% of Yesha's all-time total
1970s61980s121990s352000s332010s182020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yesha?
109 babies have been named Yesha since 1976. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 8 births.
When was Yesha most popular?
Yesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Yesha been used?
Yesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 45 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Yesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yesenia, Yessenia, Yessica, Yesica, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1976–2020 (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.