Daisha
Feminine
Daisha belongs to a large American family built on a single method: a prefix syllable set in front of a familiar sound. The -isha ending has been in use since the nineteen-seventies, in Keisha, Taisha, Laisha and Daisha, and the whole set moves together.
How old is the name Daisha?
Daisha first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Daisha alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 4,600 people named Daisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daisha most popular?
Daisha peaked in 1995, reaching #679 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 4,308 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daisha
The -isha ending arrived in American naming in the nineteen-seventies and had a very clear run through the eighties and nineties: Keisha first and most, then Latisha, Taisha, Laisha and Daisha, each family swapping the opening consonant so their daughter's name would be hers. It is one of the most productive patterns American English has ever had, and it works because the ending is soft and open and the opening is where the choosing happens. What such a name carries is a decade and a network, and both are real.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning. Aisha, the Arabic name meaning living or alive, is often given as the source of the -isha family and is a genuine and much-loved name; the connection to Daisha cannot be shown, and the Da- opening carries nothing of its own.
Pronouncing Daisha
DY-shuh
Two syllables, stress in front, the first said like the word die. Some families say day-EE-shuh with three, and the spelling permits it.
Nicknames for Daisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 1995313 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #679reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −13.3%26 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daisha in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York.
Daishas among us
people named Daisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Daisha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daisha
- #4987
- Daisha on the 2025 chart
- #897
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daisha went to 26 girls in 2025, but Daysha is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 63, which makes it the 897th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,090 places above the chart.
- Daysha37
- Daisha26
About 1 girl in 25,512 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 61,818 for Daisha itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ernestina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daisha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ernestina climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ernestina's path sketches the road Daisha is walking now.
Daisha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daisha is headed
Daisha looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 23% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daisha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daisha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Isha works as a short form and is a complete name elsewhere.
- Every sound in it is familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- The soft ending carries well when the name is called.
- Daisha, Dayshia and Daysha are all in use and near-identical in speech.
- Two pronunciations circulate and the spelling settles neither.
- The Arabic meaning often given for this family belongs to Aisha, not to this name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,600 people named Daisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daisha?
- Daisha is one of 2 recorded spellings. Daysha is the more common one — 37 births in 2025 against 26 for Daisha.
- How popular is the name Daisha in 2025?
- Daisha ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daisha?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Daisha — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daisha with classmates?
- Daisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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