How Many People Are Named Nisha?
people named Nisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 117,290 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,994 babies named Nisha in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
104 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "night" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nisha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nisha alive today is about 33 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nisha first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1984, to 104 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,244, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #8,214.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,214 |
| Best rank | #1,244 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,478 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nisha were born in California than in any other state: about 449 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nisha was given 6 times as often in New Jersey, 2.8 times in New York and 2.4 times in California.
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