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Takisha

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Takisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 760th, in 1977.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1977200 births
Best rank
#760in 1977
Since 1970
2,058people given the name
Babies named Takisha, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,058 girls have been named Takisha in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 200 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 200 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 53%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Takisha
1970s1,082
1980s778
1990s183
2000s15

In 1977, its biggest year

Takisha was the 760th most given girl’s name 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 Takisha

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.