Danisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-NEE-sha
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Danisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Danisha come from?
Modern: Dan- with the -isha ending of Tanisha
More on Wiktionary.
Is Danisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Danisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danisha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Danisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Danisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Danisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Danisha, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 154 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Danisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,783 |
| 1994 | 154 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 121 | #1,356 |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,271 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,476 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,909 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,136 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Danisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Divisha Radhika Priya Anvika Tanisha Saanvika Anika Prisha Anisha Aisha Krisha Akshara
Names related to Danisha
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Danisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danisha, updated 20 October 2026.