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Taisha

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Taisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of girls
Peak year
1984123 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1966
2,825people given the name
Babies named Taisha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,825 girls have been named Taisha in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 123 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Taisha
1960s38
1970s548
1980s1,051
1990s672
2000s329
2010s121
2020s66

In 1984, its biggest year

Taisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.

Names that rose and fell with Taisha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.