Nyasha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NYAH-sha
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Nyasha is a girls' name, meaning “grace, mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nyasha mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe) nyasha
“grace, mercy”
Shona name from Zimbabwe meaning 'grace' or 'mercy', given to both girls and boys.
Is Nyasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyasha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Nyasha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nyasha than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nyasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 90% of the babies named Nyasha in the UK in 2002, and 64% in 2010.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nyasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
How popular is Nyasha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Nyasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Nyasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Krisha, Priya, Isha, Nishtha, Navya, Anya, Viha, Radhika, Risha, Kridha, Aisha
Names related to Nyasha
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, “Nyasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyasha, updated 20 October 2026.