Given name

Nyesha

Nyesha is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nyesha isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nyesha through the years

Babies since 1880
1,537
0 boys · 1,537 girls
Most popular year
1993
71 babies
2025
6
#14,474 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
010203040198020002025Highest share 19953.7
Nyesha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1971–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,474 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,163 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.

NyeshaNieshaNyeshah

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Nyesha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nateya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nashai

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tyresha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kalesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Damiesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Fantasha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mieasha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nyesha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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