# Nisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nisha/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “night” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,994 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,994 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 655, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निशा (niśā, “night”).

## What it means

Nisha is grouped under night.

## 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 | 28 | 5,021 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,213 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,269 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,271 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,810 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,144 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,658 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8,042 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,946 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,476 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,853 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,759 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,437 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,097 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,216 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26 | 1,102 |
| 2008 | 28 | 1,065 |
| 2009 | 20 | 1,411 |
| 2010 | 24 | 1,294 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: निशा

## People named Nisha

- Nisha Ganatra, Canadian film director and actress

## 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.