Nisha
Girl name · Sanskrit origin
Nisha meaning
Whole World
- Also recorded (Sanskrit): night
Nisha at a glance
- Used as
- Girl name
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- निशाAs listed by Wiktionary; not independently verifiedنشاAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #6,369 in 2024
- Meaning themes
Nisha popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1970 | #2,855 | 24 |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 |
| 1990 | #1,657 | 89 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2020 | #7,210 | 15 |
| 2024 | #6,369 | 18 |
All 61 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,890 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,197 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,855 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1976 | #1,662 | 59 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 |
| 1978 | #1,729 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 |
| 1981 | #1,559 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 |
| 1983 | #1,278 | 96 |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 |
| 1985 | #1,424 | 89 |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 |
| 1988 | #1,521 | 88 |
| 1989 | #1,600 | 87 |
| 1990 | #1,657 | 89 |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 |
| 1994 | #1,798 | 80 |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 |
| 1997 | #1,899 | 77 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 |
| 1999 | #2,283 | 65 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 |
| 2001 | #2,236 | 72 |
| 2002 | #2,352 | 68 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 |
| 2005 | #3,460 | 43 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2007 | #3,023 | 58 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2009 | #4,369 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2014 | #5,162 | 26 |
| 2015 | #8,443 | 13 |
| 2016 | #6,900 | 17 |
| 2017 | #8,297 | 13 |
| 2018 | #7,758 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,695 | 17 |
| 2020 | #7,210 | 15 |
| 2021 | #8,457 | 12 |
| 2022 | #5,635 | 22 |
| 2023 | #8,980 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,369 | 18 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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