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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

  • 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: #408 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,741 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #344 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,131 girlsILWisconsin: #407 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,929 girlsWIMichigan: #449 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,868 girlsMINew York: #391 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,463 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedRIOregon: #208 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 972 girlsORNevada: 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: #254 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,584 girlsIAIndiana: #259 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsINOhio: #319 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,256 girlsOHPennsylvania: #435 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,605 girlsPANew Jersey: #348 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,263 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #342 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,904 girlsCAUtah: #287 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsUTColorado: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,148 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #313 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,955 girlsMOKentucky: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,751 girlsKYWest Virginia: #340 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,438 girlsWVVirginia: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsVAMaryland: #302 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,871 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedDEArizona: #257 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,206 girlsAZNew Mexico: #336 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,528 girlsNMKansas: #207 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 948 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tisha, so not publishedARTennessee: #409 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,145 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #282 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,747 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #299 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #202 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 823 girlsDCOklahoma: #311 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,811 girlsOKLouisiana: #361 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsLAMississippi: #254 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsMSAlabama: #453 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,449 girlsALGeorgia: #334 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,116 girlsGAHawaii: #192 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 636 girlsHITexas: #333 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,818 girlsTXFlorida: #422 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,965 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#192 · 1 in 636
  2. District of Columbia#202 · 1 in 823
  3. Kansas#207 · 1 in 948
  4. Oregon#208 · 1 in 972
  5. Mississippi#254 · 1 in 1,333

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#19271 in 636
District of Columbia#20291 in 823
Kansas#207131 in 948
Oregon#208131 in 972
Iowa#254111 in 1,584
Mississippi#254131 in 1,333
Arizona#257121 in 1,206
Indiana#259261 in 1,425
North Carolina#282211 in 1,747
Utah#28771 in 1,504
South Carolina#299111 in 1,746
Maryland#302111 in 1,871
Oklahoma#31191 in 1,811
Missouri#313161 in 1,955
Ohio#319331 in 2,256
Virginia#323131 in 2,277
Texas#333531 in 1,818
Georgia#334171 in 2,116
New Mexico#33651 in 1,528
West Virginia#34051 in 2,438
California#342721 in 1,904
Illinois#344351 in 2,131
New Jersey#348181 in 2,263
Louisiana#361131 in 2,040
New York#391451 in 2,463
Wisconsin#40771 in 3,929
Washington#40871 in 2,741
Tennessee#40991 in 3,145
Florida#422151 in 2,965
Pennsylvania#435201 in 3,605
Michigan#449161 in 3,868
Alabama#45371 in 3,449
Colorado#46651 in 3,148
Kentucky#50651 in 4,751
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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 1972

girls
#358
614 births · 1 in 2,478 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #358Tisha614
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,478 of them was named Tisha, which outranked 96.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tisha
  1. #355Lillian620
  2. #356Marcie619
  3. #357Rosemary617
  4. #358Tisha614
  5. #359Glenda613
  6. #360Shanna611
  7. #361Elisa607
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →