# Isha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isha/  
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 | 5,151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,151 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,290, 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 | 178 | 1,321 |
| 2012 | 137 | 1,584 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,534 |
| 2014 | 136 | 1,583 |
| 2015 | 126 | 1,687 |
| 2016 | 132 | 1,645 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,615 |
| 2018 | 134 | 1,602 |
| 2019 | 164 | 1,375 |
| 2020 | 136 | 1,555 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,753 |
| 2022 | 172 | 1,357 |
| 2023 | 209 | 1,160 |
| 2024 | 197 | 1,202 |
| 2025 | 176 | 1,276 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 414 |
| 2012 | 108 | 423 |
| 2013 | 97 | 434 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 50 | 775 |
| 2016 | 63 | 666 |
| 2017 | 47 | 814 |
| 2018 | 45 | 826 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 38 | 928 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 50 | 727 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 53 | 696 |

## 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.