Monisha
Monisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198386 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 1,254people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,254 girls have been named Monisha in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 86 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 86 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 37%.
By decade
In 1983, its biggest year
Monisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Monisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ebonipeak 1982
- Lanishapeak 1983
- Jessecapeak 1994
- Aleshapeak 1990
- Tiffanipeak 1981
- Terricapeak 1990
- Tasharapeak 1990
- Lashapeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.