Monisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Monisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,254 babies named Monisha between 1961 and 2017, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 458 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Monisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Monisha in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monisha 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 1,254 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.