Insha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IN-shah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Insha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “creation, composition”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Insha mean?
Arabic: from Arabic insha
“creation, composition”
Is Insha a girl's or a boy's name?
Insha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Insha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Insha, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Insha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Insha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Insha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Insha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Insha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer girls named Insha than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Insha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Insha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
Names like Insha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Viha Anvika Krisha Saanvi Aavya Saanvika Kridha Aadhya Arya Hanvika Anvi
Names related to Insha
More Arabic names
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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, “Insha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/insha, updated 20 October 2026.