Isha — #1205 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Isha

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,974 babies named Isha between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isha currently holds the #1205 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 209 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,575 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Isha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 776 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Isha in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,974 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.