Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nisha

#3,448 most common girls' name of all time · #5,888 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among girls
#3,448
Rank overall
#5,888 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
2,994
Since 2016
154
Peak year
1984 #1,244
Best rank
#1,244 1984
Girls Boys peak 104/yr
198020002020

Nisha first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 — 13 #7,998
2024 20 — 20 #6,022
2023 11 — 11 #9,142
2022 22 — 22 #5,680
2021 12 — 12 #8,598
2020 15 — 15 #7,307
2019 17 — 17 #6,782
2018 14 — 14 #7,844
2017 13 — 13 #8,414
2016 17 — 17 #6,998
2015 13 — 13 #8,568
2014 26 — 26 #5,208
2013 26 — 26 #5,198
2012 27 — 27 #5,155
2011 28 — 28 #4,968
2010 35 — 35 #4,217
2009 34 — 34 #4,406
2008 42 — 42 #3,811
2007 58 — 58 #3,032
2006 40 — 40 #3,819
2005 43 — 43 #3,483
2004 47 — 47 #3,242
2003 49 — 49 #3,062
2002 68 — 68 #2,359
2001 72 — 72 #2,244
2000 67 — 67 #2,320
1999 65 — 65 #2,295
1998 80 — 80 #1,911
1997 77 — 77 #1,908
1996 79 — 79 #1,851
1995 82 — 82 #1,768
1994 80 — 80 #1,805
1993 80 — 80 #1,823
1992 97 — 97 #1,595
1991 74 — 74 #1,905
1990 89 — 89 #1,665
1989 87 — 87 #1,606
1988 88 — 88 #1,529
1987 73 — 73 #1,672
1986 83 — 83 #1,504
1985 89 — 89 #1,428
1984 104 — 104 #1,244
1983 96 — 96 #1,282
1982 82 — 82 #1,470
1981 76 — 76 #1,564
1980 68 — 68 #1,684
1979 65 — 65 #1,706
1978 60 — 60 #1,742
1977 69 — 69 #1,574
1976 59 — 59 #1,673
1975 42 — 42 #2,095
1974 46 — 46 #1,907
1973 40 — 40 #2,058
1972 27 — 27 #2,658
1971 25 — 25 #2,863
1970 24 — 24 #2,931
1969 18 — 18 #3,303
1968 13 — 13 #3,970
1967 6 — 6 #6,597
1966 11 — 11 #4,180
1963 6 — 6 #6,494
1961 5 — 5 #7,464