Isha

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⭐ Famous Isha

Isha Talwar

Indian actress

Choose Isha and your child shares a first name with Isha Talwar, an Indian actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Isha, like who?” Isha Talwar's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 9,132 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Isha, 176 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Isha would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryIsha first shows up in US birth records in 1960, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 65 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2002, when it reached #1,084.
• 🚀TrendIsha has climbed 280 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,272. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedIsha is most popular in Washington, where it ranks #541, followed by New Jersey (#618) and California (#700). It's in the top 1,000 in 5 states.

About the name Isha

Isha is a girl name of American, Hebrew and Indian origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with I and ending in “-sha”. US birth records list Isha for girls from 1960 to 2025, in 60 of those 66 years. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked #1,084 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,272, with 176 babies.

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