Nishat
Nishat or Nishad is a unisex given name of Arabic origin. Notable people and places with this name include:
- Arabic
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Nishat
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nishat or Nishad is a unisex given name of Arabic origin. Notable people and places with this name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Bengali
The Story of Nishat
The earliest SSA record of Nishat as a baby girl name dates back to 1993, when 6 babies received it. 2002 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Nishat — #5,897 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Nishat on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Nishat last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 167 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nishat
Nishat is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 167 births in the dataset. Nishat's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #5,897. Use the chart and map above to compare Nishat'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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