How rare is the name Isha?

5,525 people in the United States have the first name Isha, about 1 in 54,666. It ranks #3,680 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISHA

#3,680

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,525
About
1 in 54,666
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,525 people named Isha, 60.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 26.2% as Black and 5.1% as White. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isha peaked in 2023, when 209 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
209
In 2025*
176 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,151 babies have been given the name since 1960. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Isha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,415. The largest share of babies named Isha, 43.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#11,94422
1970s#4,783238
1980s#4,040387
1990s#4,339486
2000s#2,4151,575
2010s#2,7671,436
2020s#2,5131,007
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–805.6%
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.1%
2013 and later38.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Isha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isha has been most common in New Jersey (4.4×), California (2.5×), and Virginia (1.9×), and least common in Michigan (0.51×).

3,232 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Isha

#3,678 Earnestine · 5,526#3,678 Lavon · 5,526#3,681 Bonny · 5,523#3,681 Vishal · 5,523

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Isha, most common first.

#3,834 Isa · 5,145#4,583 Issa · 4,017#31,173 Ish · 276#31,475 Isia · 272#31,690 Isaha · 269#37,148 Ishia · 211#39,013 Ishi · 195#52,287 Isho · 108

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