Nisha
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 104 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,994since 1961
Nisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #3,023 | 58 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 |
| 2002 | #2,352 | 68 |
| 2001 | #2,236 | 72 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 |
| 1997 | #1,899 | 77 |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 |
| 1994 | #1,798 | 80 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 |
| 1990 | #1,657 | 89 |
| 1989 | #1,600 | 87 |
| 1988 | #1,521 | 88 |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 |
| 1985 | #1,424 | 89 |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 |
| 1983 | #1,278 | 96 |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 |
| 1981 | #1,559 | 76 |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,729 | 60 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 |
| 1976 | #1,662 | 59 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five girls were named Nisha! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nisha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nisha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nisha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 673 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,885)
- 562 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1984 at #1,238 (104 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,191
- Highest: 1 in 16,191 girls born in 1984 were named Nisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 28.3% of all girls named Nisha (846) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59 | #3,199 (1969) | #4,908 |
| 1970s | 457 | #1,559 (1977) | #2,086 |
| 1980s | 846 | #1,238 (1984) | #1,491 |
| 1990s | 803 | #1,588 (1992) | #1,843 |
| 2000s | 520 | #2,236 (2001) | #3,159 |
| 2010s | 216 | #4,180 (2010) | #6,262 |
| 2020s | 93 | #5,638 (2022) | #7,358 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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