Manisha
Manisha is a Sanskrit term meaning intelligence and desire.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Nepali
Meaning & Origin of Manisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Manisha is a Sanskrit term meaning intelligence and desire.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Nepali
The Story of Manisha
American parents first put Manisha on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 33 Manishas were born — ranking #3,372 that year. About 31% of every Manisha on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Manisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 872 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Manisha
Manisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 872 births in the dataset. Manisha's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #3,372. Use the chart and map above to compare Manisha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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