# Danisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,437 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,437 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,582 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,919 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,692 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,073 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,322 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,574 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,394 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,179 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,837 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,332 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,036 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,453 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,444 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,842 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,906 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.