Malisha
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 637since 1964
Malisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malisha has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five girls were named Malisha! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Malisha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Malisha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Malisha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1981 at #2,305 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 1 yr 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 38,792
- Highest: 1 in 38,792 girls born in 1981 were named Malisha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 28.4% of all girls named Malisha (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29 | #5,147 (1968) | #6,347 |
| 1970s | 159 | #3,267 (1977) | #4,146 |
| 1980s | 181 | #2,305 (1981) | #4,916 |
| 1990s | 166 | #4,524 (1993) | #5,907 |
| 2000s | 81 | #8,716 (2004) | #11,021 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,542 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,464 (2021) | #14,379 |
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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