Girls' name · since 1961
Nisha
Nisha has 2,994 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,994
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nisha is the #7990 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,994 recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nisha has been recorded 2,994 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #7990 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #3,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,990 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,994 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nisha ranks #3,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,990 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,994 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,994
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nisha's 2,994 recorded births place it above 95.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nisha compares
2,994 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Nisha's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nisha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,994 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nisha splits its recorded history at 1995: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 104 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Nisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (846 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Nisha's strongest decade.
846 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Nisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 59
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
457 births
- 1980s
1980s
846 births
- 1990s
1990s
803 births
- 2000s
2000s
520 births
- 2010s 216
2010s
216 births
- 2020s 93
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 846 births (28% of all-time use).
How Nisha 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 Nisha's total volume
Nisha by state
Where Nisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 460 | 15.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 264 | 8.8% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 223 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 145 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 144 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 28 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 25 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 0.8% |
460 of 2,994 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Nisha appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nisha's data
- Nisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (846 total births); usage has since declined to 93 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nishas (460 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 Nisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Nisha 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.