Tisha

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births

Peak · girls
1971 · 868 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,552
since 1886

Tisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tisha has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #311, 1971girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,11619
2024#8,44312
2023#12,1977
2022#10,3839
2021#12,2067
2020#6,62917
2019#9,73610
2018#7,40915
2017#6,53118
2016#6,90117
2015#8,93112
2014#8,48513
2013#9,61211
2012#9,71111
2011#8,61413
2010#8,70113
2009#7,34117
2008#6,79919
2007#6,09322
2006#7,48216
2005#5,26624
2004#5,37723
2003#5,41922
2002#6,39217
2001#4,56426
2000#5,31221
1999#3,89530
1998#3,30137
1997#2,82043
1996#2,63047
1995#1,65189
1994#1,545100
1993#1,185146
1992#1,442111
1991#1,517102
1990#1,325122
1989#1,414105
1988#1,110140
1987#1,182123
1986#1,080139
1985#976157
1984#855179
1983#788201
1982#698251
1981#605304
1980#552337
1979#492411
1978#508370
1977#471411
1976#465409
1975#428466
1974#386539
1973#360590
1972#358614
1971#311868
1970#500398
1969#482402
1968#738179
1967#897130
1966#1,08793
1965#1,07595
1964#1,70846
1963#1,67247
1962#1,91736
1961#1,87238
1960#1,81139
1959#2,98016
1958#2,75518
1957#3,30913
1956#3,04815
1955#3,22513
1954#3,01914
1953#5,6735
1952#3,7969
1951#3,28411
1950#2,90913
1949#2,99912
1948#3,35010
1947#3,24011
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Tisha! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tisha is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,945 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #724 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,922 girlsMINew York: #737 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,515 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: #580 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsINOhio: #522 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,901 girlsOHPennsylvania: #883 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,844 girlsPANew Jersey: #619 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,894 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #633 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 5,696 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedVAMaryland: #515 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,056 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #493 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,910 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,664 girlsOKLouisiana: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,060 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedHITexas: #706 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,709 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#394 · 1 in 2,664
  2. Kentucky#482 · 1 in 4,791
  3. North Carolina#493 · 1 in 4,910
  4. Maryland#515 · 1 in 5,056
  5. Ohio#522 · 1 in 5,901

Best ever in a state: #111 in Hawaii, 1974.

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Oklahoma#39461 in 2,664
Kentucky#48251 in 4,791
North Carolina#49381 in 4,910
Maryland#51551 in 5,056
Ohio#522141 in 5,901
Indiana#58061 in 6,632
New Jersey#61971 in 6,894
California#633271 in 5,696
Louisiana#67051 in 6,060
Texas#706141 in 6,709
Michigan#72471 in 9,922
New York#737161 in 8,515
Pennsylvania#88351 in 16,844
Illinois#95661 in 13,945
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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 Tisha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,327 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #6,116)
  • 513 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #6,116)
  • 2,815 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1969 (#738 → #482)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1887 (#993 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1971 at #311 (868 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,917
  • Highest: 1 in 1,917 girls born in 1971 were named Tisha (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 53.1% of all girls named Tisha (5,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#993 (1886)#1,070
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s0——
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s5#4,570 (1929)#4,570
1930s5#4,218 (1933)#4,218
1940s39#2,999 (1949)#3,404
1950s127#2,755 (1958)#3,400
1960s1,105#482 (1969)#1,326
1970s5,076#311 (1971)#428
1980s1,936#552 (1980)#926
1990s827#1,185 (1993)#2,131
2000s207#4,564 (2001)#6,005
2010s133#6,531 (2017)#8,463
2020s71#6,116 (2025)#9,329

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.

Tisha in 1968

girls
#738
179 births · 1 in 9,164 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #738Tisha179
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,164 of them was named Tisha, which outranked 91.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tisha
  1. #735Alberta180
  2. #735Corinna180
  3. #735Darci180
  4. #738Tisha179
  5. #738Dedra179
  6. #738Stacia179
  7. #741Chantel178
  8. #741Hillary178
  9. #743Athena177

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →