Daesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
Daesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Daesha come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Daesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Daesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Daesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Daesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Daesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhara Sasha Isha Asha Dasha Hana Anya Anika Priya Dayana Krisha Daysha
Names related to Daesha
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daesha, updated 20 October 2026.