Nyisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 532 babies named Nyisha between 1973 and 2007, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyisha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyisha 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 532 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.