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Nishtha

#9,909 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Nishtha has been given to 200 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #9,909 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Nishtha, 2025

1 in 332,000

Nishtha over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nishtha: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Nishtha means

Nishtha is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nishtha is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 200 girls were recorded with the name Nishtha between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2021; its best national rank was #7,912 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,647 in 2020 to #9,909 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,339 in 2015 to #9,909 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nishtha?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,909
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nishtha 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 2025 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nishtha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nishthas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nishtha was born before 2015 — so the typical Nishtha is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
200
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 48.5% of all recorded uses (97).

Is Nishtha 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
−520
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,738
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−570
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
71.4%
Peak was 2021 (14)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,912
2021

Spellings of Nishtha

Nishtha is not the most common spelling — Nisha is, with 80.2% against Nishtha's 5.4%.

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.

Nishtha around the world

Where Nishtha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2008–2011
    #514
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nishtha by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,909
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,738
Best rank ever
#7,912
2021
Peak year
2021
14 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
200
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Nishtha

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

NishikaNishithaNisreenAmruthaNishitaRenathaNishkaIshithaSrihithaAnvithaSamhithaNishatAasthaTelithaWreathaYukthaDerothaNissiLarethaLolethaTalethaAmanthaOreathaNikitha

Sibling names for Nishtha

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

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