Maisha
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,918since 1968
Maisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Maisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,760 | 44 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 |
| 1980 | #1,805 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,502 | 75 |
| 1977 | #1,118 | 114 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 |
| 1974 | #1,151 | 100 |
| 1973 | #1,127 | 99 |
| 1972 | #1,488 | 64 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Maisha! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Maisha is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#477 · 1 in 3,472
- Missouri#529 · 1 in 4,859
- California#577 · 1 in 4,219
- Pennsylvania#759 · 1 in 9,651
- New York#947 · 1 in 10,334
Best ever in a state: #404 in Maryland, 1977.
Show every state
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| New Jersey | #477 | 11 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Missouri | #529 | 6 | 1 in 4,859 |
| California | #577 | 31 | 1 in 4,219 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 7 | 1 in 9,651 |
| New York | #947 | 10 | 1 in 10,334 |
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See more about Maisha
- 2,585 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #7,885)
- 2,571 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #7,885)
- 619 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #7,885)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1977 at #1,118 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,449 girls born in 1977 were named Maisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.5% of all girls named Maisha (738) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23 | #3,619 (1969) | #4,383 |
| 1970s | 738 | #1,118 (1977) | #1,565 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,805 (1980) | #2,846 |
| 1990s | 283 | #2,760 (1996) | #3,969 |
| 2000s | 230 | #4,287 (2004) | #5,613 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,798 (2019) | #7,649 |
| 2020s | 122 | #5,300 (2024) | #6,028 |
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.
Maisha in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 14,729 of them was named Maisha, which outranked 88.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,120Kimberely100
- #1,120Lesli100
- #1,120Melynda100
- #1,127Maisha99
- #1,127Cami99
- #1,127Delta99
- #1,127Dorian99
- #1,132Haley98
- #1,132Keena98
- #1,132Lasonya98
Tied with 4 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.