Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kalisha

#5,933 most common girls' name of all time · #10,031 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#5,933
Rank overall
#10,031 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,298
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1978 #1,411
Best rank
#1,411 1978
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
198020002020

Kalisha first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #15,345
2023 6 — 6 #13,822
2022 7 — 7 #12,530
2019 5 — 5 #16,007
2018 5 — 5 #16,172
2016 5 — 5 #16,717
2015 7 — 7 #13,306
2014 7 — 7 #13,357
2013 5 — 5 #17,062
2012 12 — 12 #9,269
2011 8 — 8 #12,431
2010 8 — 8 #12,544
2009 13 — 13 #9,021
2008 11 — 11 #10,265
2007 10 — 10 #11,027
2006 23 — 23 #5,778
2005 19 — 19 #6,351
2004 23 — 23 #5,449
2003 17 — 17 #6,698
2002 32 — 32 #4,029
2001 21 — 21 #5,447
2000 18 — 18 #6,056
1999 39 — 39 #3,283
1998 17 — 17 #5,914
1997 21 — 21 #4,909
1996 27 — 27 #4,011
1995 28 — 28 #3,838
1994 45 — 45 #2,731
1993 45 — 45 #2,706
1992 51 — 51 #2,507
1991 32 — 32 #3,414
1990 58 — 58 #2,226
1989 41 — 41 #2,748
1988 40 — 40 #2,683
1987 32 — 32 #3,015
1986 46 — 46 #2,256
1985 34 — 34 #2,793
1984 45 — 45 #2,219
1983 38 — 38 #2,469
1982 52 — 52 #2,020
1981 44 — 44 #2,301
1980 50 — 50 #2,092
1979 45 — 45 #2,212
1978 83 — 83 #1,411
1977 39 — 39 #2,337
1976 17 — 17 #3,938
1975 13 — 13 #4,811
1974 17 — 17 #3,848
1973 9 — 9 #6,007
1972 9 — 9 #5,906
1971 9 — 9 #5,972
1970 5 — 5 #9,138