Letisha

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1979 · 124 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,894
since 1958

Letisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Letisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #1,097, 1979girls
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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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2005#14,5026
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
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2000#7,15814
1999#12,6886
1998#10,1228
1997#9,8028
1996#6,06415
1995#5,43917
1994#4,11525
1993#3,35133
1992#3,21835
1991#3,03637
1990#2,37452
1989#2,09659
1988#1,86366
1987#2,02455
1986#1,81662
1985#1,57576
1984#1,65766
1983#1,32890
1982#1,31795
1981#1,253103
1980#1,125121
1979#1,097124
1978#1,162109
1977#1,40480
1976#1,44672
1975#1,54465
1974#1,39973
1973#1,71452
1972#2,05738
1971#1,66555
1970#2,04340
1969#2,20833
1968#3,45615
1967#3,65613
1966#4,19810
1965#3,26415
1964#3,24416
1963#5,2967
1962#5,2937
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First appearance
1958

The first year at least five girls were named Letisha! It came in at #5,408, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1959–1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Letisha is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #824 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,470 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #972 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,917 girlsMINew York: #1,169 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,365 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedINOhio: #840 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,299 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,969 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 27,221 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #649 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,837 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedARTennessee: #431 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,165 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedALGeorgia: #776 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,723 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Letisha, so not publishedHITexas: #1,355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,873 girlsTXFlorida: #717 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,859 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#431 · 1 in 3,165
  2. Virginia#649 · 1 in 5,837
  3. Florida#717 · 1 in 5,859
  4. Georgia#776 · 1 in 6,723
  5. Illinois#824 · 1 in 7,470

Best ever in a state: #324 in New Mexico, 1986.

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Tennessee#43191 in 3,165
Virginia#64951 in 5,837
Florida#71781 in 5,859
Georgia#77651 in 6,723
Illinois#824101 in 7,470
Ohio#84071 in 10,299
Michigan#97251 in 11,917
New York#1,16981 in 12,365
Texas#1,35571 in 15,873
California#1,96961 in 27,221
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Letisha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1958
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,097 (124 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 7 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 12,946
  • Highest: 1 in 12,946 girls born in 1979 were named Letisha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.9% of all girls named Letisha (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,408 (1958)#5,408
1960s116#2,208 (1969)#3,827
1970s708#1,097 (1979)#1,553
1980s793#1,125 (1980)#1,605
1990s236#2,374 (1990)#6,021
2000s30#7,158 (2000)#13,386
2010s0——
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

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.

Letisha in 1979

girls
#1,097
124 births · 1 in 12,946 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. #1,097Letisha124
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 12,946 of them was named Letisha, which outranked 90.8% 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 Letisha
  1. #1,085Sherika126
  2. #1,095Karri125
  3. #1,095Mistie125
  4. #1,097Letisha124
  5. #1,097Aida124
  6. #1,097Alena124
  7. #1,097Kiesha124
  8. #1,104Keshia123
  9. #1,104Maegan123
  10. #1,104Marcela123

Tied with 6 names at #1,097; 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 →