Monisha

muh-NEE-shuh /məˈniːʃə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Monisha is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Monisha is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Monisha was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1983 (86 births).

About the name Monisha

Pronunciationmuh-NEE-shuh /məˈniːʃə/
CultureHindi
86peak births 1983
1961first in SSA data

Names similar to Monisha

How popular is Monisha?

Girls named Monisha
1961197019801990200020102017
Girls named Monisha per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1961–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Monisha total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201766#15,359
201455#18,398
201255#18,696
201166#16,167
201066#16,341
200955#19,291
20081515#8,412
20071111#10,603
20051010#10,682
200488#12,390
200399#11,029
20021818#6,312
20011313#8,052
20001919#5,871
19991919#5,584
19983232#3,711
199732—#3,595
199660—#2,246
199551—#2,509
199449—#2,572
199349—#2,559
199251—#2,505
199158—#2,260
199037—#3,055
198959—#2,114
198852—#2,205
198742—#2,473
198647—#2,220
198525—#3,478
198456—#1,897
198386—#1,384
198228—#3,144
198131—#2,901
198032—#2,842
197931—#2,834
197829—#2,840
197729—#2,816
197633—#2,466
197519—#3,594
197413—#4,630
197318—#3,584
197218—#3,493
19717—#7,107
197011—#4,967
19698—#5,810
19616—#6,346