Boys' name · since 2016

Zisha

Zisha has 80 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#18,944 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,139 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
80
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Zisha is the #7139 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 80 recorded since 2016.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zisha has been recorded 80 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #7139 nationally and more common than 49% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.

  • #18,944 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #7,139 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 80 born since 2016
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zisha ranks #18,944 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,139 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 80 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.

#18,944 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,139 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
80
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%48.7%
Zisha vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zisha's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Zisha compares

80 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Zisha's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zisha Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 80 369 358,536
Peak-year births 12 34 22,252

Zisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zisha's full recorded timeline at 2020, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
12
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
468101214 201620172018201920202021202320242025 12

Zisha by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 56% of the file).

2020s was Zisha's strongest decade.

45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Zisha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (56% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Zisha by state

Where Zisha concentrates geographically, total births since 2016

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zisha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
44 55.0%
New York share of Zisha's total US births 55.0%

44 of 80 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zisha?
80 babies have been named Zisha since 2016. All-time, it sits at #18,944 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #7,139 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 12 births.
Where does Zisha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zisha ranks #18,944 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,139 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zisha most popular?
Zisha was most popular in the 2020s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Zisha most popular?
The top states for the name Zisha are New York (44 births).
How long has the name Zisha been used?
Records for Zisha go back to 2016, giving 10 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Zisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zishan, Zishe. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Zisha's data

  • New York records the most Zishas (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2016–2025 (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 Zisha 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.