Girl name#423 of girl names
Trisha
Pronounced T R IH1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1979
- 91 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Trisha?
Trisha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1934. It has been given to 80,381 children — the 423rd most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1979, when 2,986 children were given it.
Tricia is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Trisha and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Tricia
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T R IH1 SH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Trisha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Trisha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Trisha?
- Trisha ranks 423rd among girls' names in US records, with 80,381 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 786.
- Is Trisha a unisex name?
- No. Trisha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Trisha most popular?
- 1979, when 2,986 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Trisha spelled?
- Tricia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.