Tisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TISH-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Tisha is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Tisha come from?
Latin: pet form of Letitia or Patricia
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Tisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Tisha, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 girls.
2025 had more girls named Tisha than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Tisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Tisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Tisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Tisha, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 868 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had more girls named Tisha than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Tisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,647 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1993 | 146 | #1,183 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,439 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,511 |
| 1990 | 122 | #1,321 |
| 1989 | 105 | #1,411 |
| 1988 | 140 | #1,109 |
| 1987 | 123 | #1,182 |
| 1986 | 139 | #1,080 |
| 1985 | 157 | #976 |
| 1984 | 179 | #855 |
| 1983 | 201 | #788 |
| 1982 | 251 | #698 |
| 1981 | 304 | #605 |
| 1980 | 337 | #552 |
| 1979 | 411 | #492 |
| 1978 | 370 | #508 |
| 1977 | 411 | #471 |
| 1976 | 409 | #465 |
| 1975 | 466 | #428 |
| 1974 | 539 | #386 |
| 1973 | 590 | #360 |
| 1972 | 614 | #358 |
| 1971 | 868 | #311 |
| 1970 | 398 | #500 |
| 1969 | 402 | #482 |
| 1968 | 179 | #738 |
| 1967 | 130 | #897 |
| 1966 | 93 | #1,087 |
| 1965 | 95 | #1,075 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,871 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Names like Tisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha Kridha Viha Risha Shreeja Tanvika Prisha Priya Jisha Takshvi Aisha Radhika
Names related to Tisha
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tisha, updated 20 October 2026.