Talisha
Feminine
The stress in this name sits on the middle syllable, and that is what makes the front interchangeable. English reduces an unstressed opening almost to nothing, so Talisha, Latisha and Nalisha differ by a syllable nobody quite hears — which is why the family is as large as it is.
How old is the name Talisha?
Talisha first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Talisha alive today was born around 1986, making them about 39 years old. About 2,800 people named Talisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Talisha most popular?
Talisha peaked in 1983, reaching #1103 nationally. See the whole 1983 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Talisha
A productive ending needs two things to spread: it has to carry the stress, and it has to attach cleanly to anything. This one does both. Once it was loose, the front syllable became a free slot, and American records fill with the results — Talisha, Latisha, Kalisha, Malisha, Nalisha — each with a different opening and the same two syllables behind it. The interesting consequence is that the family is defined by its ending rather than by any shared parent, which makes it a naming system rather than a group of relatives, and systems produce far more members than families do.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name was assembled from productive parts and carries no meaning. The ending has meanings in other languages, but a name built from a borrowed shape does not inherit the sense of the shape.
Pronouncing Talisha
tuh-LEE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The first is reduced almost to nothing, which is exactly why the family is so large.
Nicknames for Talisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 1989140 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1103reached in 1983
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%5 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Talishas among us
people named Talisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Talisha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress in the middle gives it a lift most English names of its length do not have.
- It carries several short forms, each usable on its own.
- Every sound in it is straightforward for an English speaker.
- Latisha, Talisha and Talesha are said almost identically, so the spelling is always in question.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
- It reads clearly as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Talishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Talisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Talisha in 2025?
- Talisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Talisha with classmates?
- Talisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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