Girls' name · since 1975
Disha
Disha has 793 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 793
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
793 babies have been named Disha since 1975, making it today's #9620 girls' name.
Disha has 793 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9620 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #8,788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,620 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 793 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Disha ranks #8,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,620 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 793 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 793
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Disha's 793 recorded births place it above 87.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Disha compares
793 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Disha's all-time total is 111% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Disha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 793 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Disha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Disha's full recorded timeline at 2006, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Disha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Disha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (320 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Disha's strongest decade.
320 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Disha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 115
1990s
115 births
- 2000s
2000s
320 births
- 2010s
2010s
247 births
- 2020s 78
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 320 births (40% of all-time use).
How Disha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Disha's total volume
Disha by state
Where Disha concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 90 | 11.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 41 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
90 of 793 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Disha's data
- Disha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (320 total births); usage has since declined to 78 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dishas (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Disha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Disha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.