Maisha
Maisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 240.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1977114 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1968
- 1,904people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,904 girls have been named Maisha in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 114 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1970s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Maisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Maisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keyshapeak 1976
- Shilopeak 1978
- Jamillahpeak 1975
- Cicelypeak 1974
- Amipeak 1975
- Nissapeak 1974
- Chastitypeak 1974
- Amieepeak 1973
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.