Given name
Nishtha
“a woman of faith”
Nishtha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a woman of faith.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a woman of faith.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nishtha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 200
- 0 boys · 200 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,912 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,912 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 363 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nishtha’s family of names
Nishtha has a related form in Nishthea. Nishtha has a related form in Nishthia. In English usage, Nishtha has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form निष्ठा.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nishtha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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