Akisha

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462

Peak · girls
1977 · 45 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
373
since 1973

Akisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Akisha has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #2,091, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1976#2,48632
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Akisha! It came in at #4,871, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1992, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Akisha is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #972 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,917 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Akisha, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#972 · 1 in 11,917

Best ever in a state: #972 in Michigan, 1979.

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See more about Akisha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1977 at #2,091 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,070
  • Highest: 1 in 34,070 girls born in 1977 were named Akisha (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 48.5% of all girls named Akisha (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s181#2,091 (1977)#3,229
1980s147#2,749 (1980)#5,551
1990s40#8,766 (1995)#11,146
2000s5#16,462 (2005)#16,462

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Akisha in 1979

girls
#3,078
27 births · 1 in 59,454 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #3,078Akisha27
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 59,454 of them was named Akisha, which outranked 74.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Akisha
  1. #2,997Yara28
  2. #2,997Zachary28
  3. #2,997Zara28
  4. #3,078Akisha27
  5. #3,078Alea27
  6. #3,078Amal27
  7. #3,078Anh27
  8. #3,147Adelaide26
  9. #3,147Adelia26
  10. #3,147Andera26

Tied with 68 names at #3,078; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979 →