Myisha
Myisha Hines-Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In college she played for the University of Louisville.
Meaning & Origin of Myisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Myisha Hines-Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In college she played for the University of Louisville.
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The Story of Myisha
The earliest SSA record of Myisha as a baby girl name dates back to 1969, when 6 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 77 newborns named Myisha — #1,528 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Myisha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Myisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Myisha
Myisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Myisha's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #1,528. Use the chart and map above to compare Myisha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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