Dinesha

Girls' name

Day lord

Dinesha has been given to 243 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Dinesha, 2001

1 in 624,000

Dinesha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dinesha: meaning, origin, and history

Day lord

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dinesha means

Dinesha means “day lord”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Dinesha is used in Hinduism.

Another recorded pronunciation is /d̪i.ˈn̪eː.ɕɐ/ for Dinesha.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 243 girls were recorded with the name Dinesha between 1977 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1993; its best national rank was #4,867 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Dinesha?

Dinesha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001: 1 in 624,000; 6 of 3,742,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 300,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2001: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 432,315 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dinesha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 432,315 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dinesha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dineshas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dinesha was born before 1990 — so the typical Dinesha is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 52.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 243; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 52.7% of all recorded uses (128).

Is Dinesha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (20)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,867; 1993

Spellings of Dinesha

Dinesha is not the most common spelling — Iesha is, with 14.7% against Dinesha's 0.48%.

Iesha14.7%7,452
Tanesha10.5%5,307
Denisha8.5%4,306
Tiesha5.6%2,849
Kiesha5.2%2,621
Miesha5.0%2,552
Danisha4.8%2,437
Niesha4.3%2,183

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dinesha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,867; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 20 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2001
All-time count: 243
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dinesha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Dinesha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Coty

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