Disha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Disha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Disha mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Disha a girl's or a boy's name?
Disha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Disha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Disha, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 girls.
2025 had more girls named Disha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Disha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Disha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Disha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Disha, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Disha than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Disha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Disha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Disha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Dhyana Krisha Viha Divisha Priya Dhriti Dhanvi Arya Navya Isha Nishtha
Names related to Disha
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Disha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/disha, updated 20 October 2026.