Maisha Girl
How popular is Maisha?
#7,883 girl name in 2025
13 baby girls were named Maisha in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
Maisha popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,883 for girls (▼ 2586 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (114 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,118 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maisha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Masha family of names ranked #3,219 for girls in 2025 (#2,216 the year before), with 29 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Masha | 16 | 55% |
| Maisha | 13 | 45% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maisha is most popular
Babies named Maisha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Maisha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23 | #3,618 |
| 1970s | 738 | #1,118 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,805 |
| 1990s | 283 | #2,756 |
| 2000s | 230 | #4,283 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,794 |
| 2020s | 122 | #5,297 |
Girl names about as popular as Maisha
Questions
- Is Maisha a boy or girl name?
- Maisha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maisha were girls.
- How popular is the name Maisha?
- 13 baby girls were named Maisha in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
- When was Maisha most popular?
- Maisha peaked in 1977, when 114 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,118 in 1977.
- How many people are named Maisha?
- 1,918 babies have been named Maisha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,860 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Maisha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maisha was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.