Nisha Girl
How popular is Nisha?
#7,883 girl name in 2025
13 baby girls were named Nisha in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
Nisha popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,883 for girls (▼ 1924 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,443 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (104 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,238 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| 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 |
Nisha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nysha family of names ranked #3,706 for girls in 2025 (#2,961 the year before), with 22 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nysha | 9 | 41% |
| Nisha | 13 | 59% |
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 Nisha is most popular
Babies named Nisha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nisha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59 | #3,198 |
| 1970s | 457 | #1,559 |
| 1980s | 846 | #1,238 |
| 1990s | 803 | #1,585 |
| 2000s | 520 | #2,232 |
| 2010s | 216 | #4,179 |
| 2020s | 93 | #5,635 |
Girl names about as popular as Nisha
Questions
- Is Nisha a boy or girl name?
- Nisha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nisha were girls.
- How popular is the name Nisha?
- 13 baby girls were named Nisha in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
- When was Nisha most popular?
- Nisha peaked in 1984, when 104 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,238 in 1984.
- How many people are named Nisha?
- 2,994 babies have been named Nisha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,923 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Nisha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nisha was most common in California, 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.