NameTides

Isha

Isha was the #1,272 girls' name in the US in 2025 (176 babies), and #696 in England & Wales and #767 in Canada.

Isha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Isha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Isha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,272 (176)#696 (53)—#718 (4)#767 (38)
2024#1,202 (197)#826 (45)—#412 (9)#719 (41)
2023#1,158 (209)#727 (50)—#727 (4)#749 (37)
2022#1,355 (172)#910 (38)#760 (3)—#1,095 (23)
2021#1,750 (117)#936 (37)——#1,025 (26)
2020#1,552 (136)#928 (38)——#1,877 (11)
2019#1,373 (164)#920 (39)—#716 (4)#1,533 (15)
2018#1,595 (134)#826 (45)#583 (5)—#1,376 (17)
2017#1,614 (134)#814 (47)——#1,584 (14)
2016#1,644 (132)#666 (63)——#1,280 (19)
2015#1,685 (126)#775 (50)——#1,363 (17)
2014#1,583 (136)#629 (64)#681 (4)—#1,395 (17)
2013#1,529 (143)#434 (97)#564 (5)#894 (3)#1,512 (15)
2012#1,583 (137)#423 (108)——#1,055 (24)
2011#1,319 (178)#414 (106)#515 (6)#798 (4)#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,158.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Isha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #700CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Isha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44228

Isha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IshaCanadaGirls#76738
IshaEngland & WalesGirls#69653
IshaIrelandGirls#7184
IshaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IshaScotlandGirls—too few
IshaUSGirls#1,272176