Kalisha
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 83 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,298since 1970
Kalisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kalisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,488 | 51 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,397 | 83 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Kalisha! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2016–2021, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kalisha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kalisha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kalisha
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 1,936 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1978 at #1,397 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 5 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 18,456
- Highest: 1 in 18,456 girls born in 1978 were named Kalisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 32.5% of all girls named Kalisha (422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 246 | #1,397 (1978) | #4,259 |
| 1980s | 422 | #1,991 (1982) | #2,426 |
| 1990s | 363 | #2,201 (1990) | #3,502 |
| 2000s | 187 | #3,978 (2002) | #6,898 |
| 2010s | 62 | #9,109 (2012) | #13,733 |
| 2020s | 18 | #12,243 (2022) | #13,549 |
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.
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