Feminine dossier · first seen 1961

Nisha

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nisha
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1984

Peak rank proxy

104

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1961Peak 19842024

Peak year

1984

Decline from peak

82.7%

2024

All-time

2,979

Nisha has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1984, when 104 girls were named Nisha.

In 2024, only 18 girls were given the name.

Down 82.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,979 Americans have been named Nisha and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1961.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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