Nishtha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Nishtha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Nishtha mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nishtha a girl's or a boy's name?
Nishtha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nishtha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Nishtha, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Nishtha of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nishtha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Nishtha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Nishtha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nishtha, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nishtha in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nishtha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
Names like Nishtha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Navya, Aadhya, Krisha, Kridha, Anvika, Divisha, Arya, Saanvi, Dhyana, Dhanvi
Names related to Nishtha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Nishtha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nishtha, updated 20 October 2026.