Girls' name · since 1975
Nisaa
Nisaa has 51 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nisaa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nisaa has been recorded 51 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2018.
- #34,852 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nisaa ranks #34,852 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nisaa's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nisaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nisaa's full recorded timeline at 1997, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nisaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2018
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Nisaa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Nisaa's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nisaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Nisaa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Nisaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1975–2018 (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 Nisaa 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.