Nisa Girl
How popular is Nisa?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Nisa in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Nisa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 1527 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #6,321 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (97 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,569 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nisa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nyssa family of names ranked #2,067 for girls in 2025 (#1,852 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nisa is most popular
Babies named Nisa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Nisa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 81 | #3,951 |
| 1970s | 174 | #2,856 |
| 1980s | 146 | #3,982 |
| 1990s | 539 | #1,569 |
| 2000s | 391 | #2,704 |
| 2010s | 262 | #3,988 |
| 2020s | 121 | #5,018 |
Girl names about as popular as Nisa
Questions
- Is Nisa a boy or girl name?
- Nisa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nisa were girls.
- How popular is the name Nisa?
- 17 baby girls were named Nisa in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Nisa most popular?
- Nisa peaked in 1991, when 97 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,569 in 1991.
- How many people are named Nisa?
- 1,736 babies have been named Nisa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,696 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Nisa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nisa was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.