How rare is the name Nisha?

6,498 people in the United States have the first name Nisha, about 1 in 46,481. It ranks #3,286 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NISHA

#3,286

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,498
About
1 in 46,481
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,498 people named Nisha, 74.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 11.1% as Black and 7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nisha peaked in 1984, when 104 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
104
In 2025*
13 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,994 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Nisha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,402. The largest share of babies named Nisha, 45.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#8,42459
1970s#3,154457
1980s#2,402846
1990s#3,090803
2000s#5,246520
2010s#10,084216
2020s#12,22693
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–8019.1%
Millennials 1981–9645.4%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later7.3%

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 Nisha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nisha has been most common in New Jersey (6×), California (3.4×), and New York (2.5×), and least common in Texas (1.4×).

1,341 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 Nisha

#3,284 Roxie · 6,500#3,285 Rosalva · 6,499#3,287 Jaxton · 6,497#3,287 Raleigh · 6,497

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,202 Niesha · 1,778#8,331 Nisa · 1,745#9,571 Nissa · 1,443#17,394 Nishi · 635#19,811 Nishka · 529#34,922 Nicha · 232#35,980 Nish · 222#36,737 Niasha · 215

Also a last name

As a last name, Nisha ranks #84,231 of 156,621, with 240 people. See Nisha as a last name

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