Nisha — #6420 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,979 babies named Nisha between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nisha currently holds the #6420 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 846 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 460 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nisha in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nisha 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 2,979 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.