Nyesha
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,537since 1971
Nyesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Nyesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 |
| 2000 | #2,569 | 58 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 |
| 1997 | #2,695 | 46 |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 |
| 1993 | #1,967 | 71 |
| 1992 | #2,275 | 58 |
| 1991 | #1,979 | 70 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nyesha! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2014–2016, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nyesha is popular in 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#521 · 1 in 3,274
- North Carolina#627 · 1 in 4,783
- New York#1,126 · 1 in 9,775
- Illinois#1,421 · 1 in 14,512
- Florida#1,448 · 1 in 14,575
Best ever in a state: #521 in South Carolina, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #521 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| North Carolina | #627 | 8 | 1 in 4,783 |
| New York | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 9,775 |
| Illinois | #1,421 | 5 | 1 in 14,512 |
| Florida | #1,448 | 5 | 1 in 14,575 |
| California | #3,110 | 5 | 1 in 46,916 |
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See more about Nyesha
- 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #13,208)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1995 at #1,955 (70 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,122 girls born in 1995 were named Nyesha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.0% of all girls named Nyesha (584) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 167 | #2,390 (1978) | #4,399 |
| 1980s | 421 | #2,115 (1982) | #2,394 |
| 1990s | 584 | #1,955 (1995) | #2,330 |
| 2000s | 294 | #2,569 (2000) | #5,308 |
| 2010s | 59 | #8,196 (2011) | #12,363 |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,208 (2025) | #13,331 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nyesha in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 25,122 of them was named Nyesha, which outranked 87.6% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,939Samaria71
- #1,939Shakera71
- #1,939Tabetha71
- #1,955Nyesha70
- #1,955Angelika70
- #1,955Clarice70
- #1,955Dahlia70
- #1,982Aislinn69
- #1,982Ashlei69
- #1,982Audriana69
Tied with 26 names at #1,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.