Nyasha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyasha

The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Nyasha between 1971 and 2021, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyasha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nyasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyasha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyasha 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 645 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.