Fun Facts About the Name Nishtha
- 200 babies named Nishtha: U.S. records list 200 babies given the name Nishtha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nishtha Mean?
Nishtha is a feminine name taken from the Sanskrit noun niṣṭhā (निष्ठा), whose established sense is devotion, faithfulness, or steadfastness. The word is formed from the prefix ni-, which here conveys settling down or into something, and the verbal root √sthā, "to stand." Its literal sense is roughly "standing firmly on or in," and from that came the customary meanings of firm attachment, steady commitment, and loyal adherence to a person, practice, or goal.
Since the name is the Sanskrit noun used as it stands, its meaning as a name is the dictionary sense of the word: devotion, dedication, or firm adherence. English glosses such as "dedication" or "faith" are convenient equivalents rather than separate etymologies. The root √sthā also underlies other Sanskrit words, including sthiti (standing, condition) and pratiṣṭhā (establishment), and it is a distant relative of the English word "stand."
Nishtha Name History & Origins
In classical Sanskrit, niṣṭhā appears in religious and philosophical writing for a firmly held discipline or devotion. The Bhagavad Gita (3.3) has Krishna describe a twofold niṣṭhā, the path of knowledge and the path of action. Later Vedanta and bhakti texts use compounds such as jñāna-niṣṭhā (steadfastness in knowledge) and bhakti-niṣṭhā (devotion in the love of God). The word also carries the more general sense of a settled conclusion or conviction. In the related Pali language, the noun niṭṭhā means completion or end, a development of the same idea of something firmly settled.
Abstract Sanskrit nouns of this type were adopted directly as given names in the Indo-Aryan languages, and Nishtha is used as a girl's name in Hindi-, Gujarati-, Marathi- and Bengali-speaking communities, as well as among families of Indian origin elsewhere. It keeps the Sanskrit form without a diminutive or honorific ending, so the name and the vocabulary word are identical.
Nishtha is not related to the similar-sounding masculine name Nishant, which comes from Sanskrit niśānta, "end of night, dawn," built on niśā, "night." The two names merely share an opening syllable.
How Popular is the Name Nishtha?
Nishtha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #7,915 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,912 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #9,357 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #16,933 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #13,195 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #7,915 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #14,645 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #8,967 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #15,154 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #8,658 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #11,543 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,341 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #10,733 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #11,713 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #10,236 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #14,430 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #13,147 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #13,361 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #13,472 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #10,630 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #13,287 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #17,652 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,039 | 10 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Nishtha Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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