Danesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-NEE-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
Danesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Danesha come from?
Modern: modern coinage with the popular -esha ending
Is Danesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Danesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Danesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Danesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 129 | #1,309 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,690 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,285 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
Names like Danesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Sasha Aisha Radhika Dhara Aviva Asha Priya Isha Anisha Danika Krisha
Names related to Danesha
More Modern names
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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, “Danesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danesha, updated 20 October 2026.