girls:
1.9k births since 1968
#3916 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1968
#5880 (24th percentile)
The name Maisha is the #5,880 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,880 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 24.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,916 (31.5% percentile) for all time with 1,880 births since 1968.
Maisha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for girls in 1968).
For girls, Maisha reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 14.2% percentile (ranked #659) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 69 births per million (ranked 14.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maisha ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maisha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maisha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Maisha is pronounced as MAI-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-shuh, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AY1 SH AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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