How Many People Are Named Tisha?

8,987

people named Tisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 38,031 people in the US has this name

Based on 9,552 babies named Tisha in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,639

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,461

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Peak Year

1971

868 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, African American
Pronunciation: TISH-Ι™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of LETITIA or LATISHA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Tisha in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Tisha alive today is about 47 years old, and 89% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 562
6.3%
30 to 59 8,032
89.4%
60 and over 392
4.4%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Tisha first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1971, to 868 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Tisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #311, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #6,303.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,303
Best rank#311 (1971)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#418 in the 1970s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Tisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tisha were born in California than in any other state: about 902 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tisha was given 2.5 times as often in Kansas, 2.4 times in Oklahoma and 2.3 times in Hawaii.

California 902
Texas 601
New York 574
Ohio 486
Illinois 345
Indiana 260
Pennsylvania 243
North Carolina 239
Missouri 238
Michigan 218
Oklahoma 202
Florida 201
New Jersey 176
Louisiana 169
Kansas 163
Tennessee 159
Georgia 150
Arizona 145
Alabama 119
Virginia 111
Maryland 106
South Carolina 96
Mississippi 95
Kentucky 93
Washington 87
Iowa 82
Arkansas 74
Colorado 68
Oregon 61
Hawaii 51
West Virginia 33
Utah 32
District of Columbia 31
Connecticut 29
New Mexico 28
Wisconsin 26
Nebraska 23
Minnesota 17
Idaho 11
Massachusetts 9

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