Asha
#1,373 for girls in 2025, 160 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 239 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,069since 1963
Asha over time
Rank among girls' names. Asha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,373 | 160 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,188 | 201 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,339 | 169 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,573 | 135 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #1,370 | 161 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,459 | 147 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #1,218 | 192 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,192 | 200 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,172 | 210 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #1,286 | 187 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,311 | 181 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,248 | 191 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,158 | 212 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,196 | 201 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,363 | 171 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,292 | 187 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,236 | 204 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,180 | 215 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,222 | 197 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,173 | 196 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,062 | 218 | — | |
| 2003 | #978 | 237 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,044 | 206 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,025 | 210 | — | |
| 2000 | #882 | 250 | — | |
| 1999 | #936 | 224 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #855 | 249 | — | |
| 1997 | #964 | 205 | — | |
| 1996 | #893 | 220 | — | |
| 1995 | #881 | 216 | — | |
| 1994 | #863 | 227 | — | |
| 1993 | #930 | 203 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #839 | 237 | — | |
| 1991 | #960 | 197 | — | |
| 1990 | #994 | 184 | — | |
| 1989 | #795 | 239 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #1,053 | 151 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,115 | 134 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,339 | 98 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,343 | 90 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,190 | 109 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,319 | 95 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,273 | 101 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,349 | 91 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,640 | 59 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Asha! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Asha is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#199 · 1 in 627
- Minnesota#394 · 1 in 2,001
- Georgia#576 · 1 in 3,023
- Illinois#608 · 1 in 3,535
- Oregon#625 · 1 in 3,179
Best ever in a state: #175 in District of Columbia, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #199 | 5 | 1 in 627 |
| Minnesota | #394 | 13 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Georgia | #576 | 17 | 1 in 3,023 |
| Illinois | #608 | 19 | 1 in 3,535 |
| Oregon | #625 | 5 | 1 in 3,179 |
| New Jersey | #739 | 9 | 1 in 4,510 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,121 |
| Massachusetts | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,698 |
| Washington | #834 | 6 | 1 in 4,893 |
| Maryland | #846 | 5 | 1 in 4,953 |
| Michigan | #871 | 8 | 1 in 5,920 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,837 |
| North Carolina | #1,118 | 6 | 1 in 7,566 |
| Ohio | #1,361 | 5 | 1 in 11,456 |
| California | #1,380 | 20 | 1 in 11,521 |
| New York | #1,393 | 9 | 1 in 10,564 |
| Florida | #1,528 | 7 | 1 in 12,244 |
| Texas | #2,346 | 7 | 1 in 22,943 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Asha
- 185 spots since 2024 (#1,188 → #1,373)
- 86 spots since 2020 (#1,459 → #1,373)
- 62 spots since 2015 (#1,311 → #1,373)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1989 (#1,053 → #795)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1990 (#795 → #994)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1989 at #795 (239 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1989–2000
- Highest: 1 in 7,096 girls born in 1998 were named Asha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,045 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #795 in 1989, was only 1 in 7,714 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Asha (2,162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72 | #3,012 (1969) | #4,441 |
| 1970s | 566 | #1,349 (1979) | #1,833 |
| 1980s | 1,229 | #795 (1989) | #1,193 |
| 1990s | 2,162 | #839 (1992) | #912 |
| 2000s | 2,120 | #882 (2000) | #1,109 |
| 2010s | 1,947 | #1,158 (2012) | #1,235 |
| 2020s | 973 | #1,188 (2024) | #1,384 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Asha in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 9,428 of them was named Asha, which outranked 93.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,168Jaime197
- #1,168Kendyl197
- #1,168Nyah197
- #1,173Asha196
- #1,173Analise196
- #1,173Estella196
- #1,173Janya196
- #1,181Anabella195
- #1,181Ariella195
- #1,181Kacey195
Tied with 7 names at #1,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 399,461 of them was named Asha, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,898 names at #11,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.