girl's name

Nisa

  • Origin Turkish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,140

France

#756

2025 births

Nisa is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Nisa is a name of Turkish origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2010, when 135 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 10,718 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1997.

Nisa over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,010
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Nisa by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 10
2000s 505
2010s 1,010
2020s (to 2025) 380

How popular is Nisa?

In 2025, Nisa was given to 55 babies in France, ranking #756 that year. It is a rare choice.

Where Nisa is used

France #756 55 in 2025
Scotland #805 3 in 1997
Canada #1,966 12 in 2024
England & Wales #2,778 10 in 2025
United States #6,834 17 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Nisa is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Nisâ Nisâ is a rare spelling of Nisa, written with a circumflex and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Nisa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nisa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nisa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Nisa in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Hindi
Nisha
Indian English
Nysa
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Anisa Nissa

Sibling names for Nisa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nisa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nisa

How popular is the name Nisa?

In 2025, Nisa was given to 55 babies in France, ranking #756 that year. It is a rare choice.

Is Nisa a girl's or a boy's name?

Nisa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nisa most popular?

Nisa peaked in 2010, when 135 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Nisa a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nisa currently ranks #756 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.