Girls' name · since 1965
Nesha
Nesha has 478 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 478 recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesha has been recorded 478 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2003.
- #12,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 478 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesha ranks #12,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 478 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 478
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nesha's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nesha's full recorded timeline at 1984, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2003
- Peak year (1976)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Nesha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (176 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Nesha's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
176 births
- 1980s
1980s
173 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 176 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Nesha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (176 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1965–2003 (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 Nesha 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.