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.

Nyesha

#5,294 most common girls' name of all time · #8,978 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#5,294
Rank overall
#8,978 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,537
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1993 #1,980
Best rank
#1,974 1995
Girls Boys peak 71/yr
198020002020

Nyesha first appears in 1971. 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 6 — 6 #13,568
2020 6 — 6 #13,810
2018 5 — 5 #16,178
2017 8 — 8 #11,873
2014 5 — 5 #17,075
2013 7 — 7 #13,458
2012 12 — 12 #9,271
2011 14 — 14 #8,316
2010 8 — 8 #12,552
2009 10 — 10 #10,893
2008 19 — 19 #6,899
2007 21 — 21 #6,409
2006 27 — 27 #5,146
2005 26 — 26 #5,022
2004 35 — 35 #4,043
2003 29 — 29 #4,469
2002 22 — 22 #5,326
2001 47 — 47 #3,029
2000 58 — 58 #2,580
1999 45 — 45 #2,964
1998 48 — 48 #2,782
1997 46 — 46 #2,711
1996 67 — 67 #2,079
1995 70 — 70 #1,974
1994 50 — 50 #2,531
1993 71 — 71 #1,980
1992 58 — 58 #2,292
1991 70 — 70 #1,993
1990 59 — 59 #2,192
1989 46 — 46 #2,518
1988 43 — 43 #2,530
1987 48 — 48 #2,264
1986 42 — 42 #2,414
1985 42 — 42 #2,395
1984 37 — 37 #2,562
1983 38 — 38 #2,470
1982 48 — 48 #2,141
1981 38 — 38 #2,526
1980 39 — 39 #2,483
1979 35 — 35 #2,612
1978 37 — 37 #2,425
1977 31 — 31 #2,708
1976 15 — 15 #4,332
1975 12 — 12 #5,115
1974 13 — 13 #4,697
1973 10 — 10 #5,544
1972 6 — 6 #8,087
1971 8 — 8 #6,595