Nyesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-EH-sha
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Nyesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Nyesha come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Nyesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyesha 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 Nyesha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more girls named Nyesha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Nyesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,962 |
| 1992 | 58 | #2,270 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,488 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Nyesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Sasha Samira Anika Amira Asha Samara Shayla Khadija Alisha Naima Isha
Names related to Nyesha
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Nyesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyesha, updated 20 October 2026.