NameTides

Nisa

Nisa was the #6,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Nisa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Nisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#6,546 (17)#2,605 (10)——
2024#5,021 (26)#2,116 (13)—#2,259 (9)
2023#5,752 (21)#2,201 (12)—#2,366 (8)
2022#5,793 (21)#2,889 (8)—#3,228 (5)
2021#6,414 (18)#2,201 (12)—#2,377 (8)
2020#6,325 (18)#1,507 (20)——
2019#4,773 (28)#1,703 (17)——
2018#5,315 (24)#1,977 (14)—#2,892 (6)
2017#6,531 (18)#4,063 (5)—#3,307 (5)
2016#4,990 (27)#3,214 (7)—#2,383 (8)
2015#3,989 (37)#1,549 (20)——
2014#5,310 (25)#1,882 (15)—#2,185 (9)
2013#4,645 (30)#1,864 (15)——
2012#4,957 (28)#1,649 (18)—#2,601 (7)
2011#5,063 (27)#1,438 (21)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #1,575.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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 91,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nisa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 74,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 53,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nisa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nisa (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#1,5856

Nisa (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
NisaCanadaGirls—too few
NisaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
NisaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NisaScotlandGirls—too few
NisaUSGirls#6,54617