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Girl name

Tisha

100% girls · 19 born in 2025

Tisha has been given to about 9,552 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1971, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 9,087
Median age today50 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tisha per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1971 · 868
  • Born in 202519
  • All time9,552
  • England & Wales, 20259

How popular is Tisha?

Its best year was 1971, when 868 babies were given the name, ranking 311th. The typical living American called Tisha is about 50 years old today.

Names that sound like Tisha

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Trisha0.88
  2. Kisha0.85
  3. Isha0.85
  4. Misha0.85
  5. Aisha0.80
  6. Tasha0.78
  7. Tosha0.78
  8. Tyesha0.77

Middle names for Tisha

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tisha Josephine0.84
  2. Tisha Rose0.83
  3. Tisha Louise0.83
  4. Tisha June0.82
  5. Tisha Pearl0.82
  6. Tisha Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Tisha

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.84
  2. Damonbrother · 0.80
  3. Heidisister · 0.78
  4. Shawnbrother · 0.77
  5. Bridgetsister · 0.75
  6. Scottieeither · 0.74

Where Tisha is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tisha White0.78
    2. Tisha Reyes0.78
    3. Tisha Nguyen0.78
    4. Tisha Moore0.78
    5. Tisha Lee0.78
    6. Tisha Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tisha

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.