Tasha

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1980 · 2,266 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,528
since 1947

Tasha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tasha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #130, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114—
2024#7,96713—
2023#5,54922—
2022#7,63114—
2021#7,25015—
2020#8,40612—
2019#6,69817—
2018#7,10016—
2017#4,92227—
2016#5,79622—
2015#7,61315—
2014#6,45119—
2013#4,88728—
2012#5,11427—
2011#3,72341—
2010#4,60831—
2009#3,25251—
2008#3,26751—
2007#2,78765—
2006#2,48574—
2005#2,22582—
2004#1,97294—
2003#2,01989—
2002#1,308149—
2001#1,540120—
2000#1,225162—
1999#1,058191—
1998#1,024194—
1997#769273—
1996#662336—
1995#522463—
1994#469539—
1993#370687—
1992#332807—
1991#292959—
1990#2461,154#8,1175
1989#2281,205—
1988#2001,306—
1987#2081,278—
1986#2001,302#4,8538
1985#1811,481#5,7856
1984#1641,682—
1983#1561,834#6,2385
1982#1581,883#3,69211
1981#1412,018#2,89815
1980#1302,266#3,61511
1979#1901,401#4,0689
1978#2351,053#5,7725
1977#2241,115#3,38611
1976#2181,106—
1975#2231,084#3,6599
1974#1901,344—
1973#2261,122#4,5056
1972#2401,136—
1971#2811,018#4,9075
1970#399592—
1969#507370—
1968#594261—
1967#671205—
1966#659214—
1965#1,44858—
1964#1,68647—
1963#1,67247—
1962#1,85838—
1961#1,92136—
1960#2,30726—
1959#2,51721—
1958#2,97216—
1957#2,41622—
1956#4,4678—
1955#2,97115—
1954#3,49011—
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Tasha! It came in at #4,007, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tasha is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedAKMaine: #231 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,308 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNHWashington: #335 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,132 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #271 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,851 girlsMNIllinois: #93 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 412 girlsILWisconsin: #273 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,964 girlsWIMichigan: #255 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,439 girlsMINew York: #190 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 981 girlsNYMassachusetts: #357 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,852 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedRIOregon: #297 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,579 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #197 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 765 girlsSDIowa: #238 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsIAIndiana: #173 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 861 girlsINOhio: #250 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,460 girlsOHPennsylvania: #320 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,185 girlsPANew Jersey: #174 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 849 girlsNJConnecticut: #149 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 791 girlsCTCalifornia: #278 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 1,428 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedUTColorado: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,148 girlsCONebraska: #204 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsNEMissouri: #282 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsMOKentucky: #310 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,979 girlsKYWest Virginia: #308 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,032 girlsWVVirginia: #287 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsVAMaryland: #323 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,058 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedDEArizona: #257 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,206 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNMKansas: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,760 girlsKSArkansas: #258 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,309 girlsARTennessee: #409 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,145 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #152 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 706 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #134 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 600 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #168 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 673 girlsDCOklahoma: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,038 girlsOKLouisiana: #198 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 884 girlsLAMississippi: #169 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 722 girlsMSAlabama: #322 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,857 girlsALGeorgia: #242 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsGAHawaii: #192 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 636 girlsHITexas: #347 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,967 girlsTXFlorida: #241 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#93 · 1 in 412
  2. South Carolina#134 · 1 in 600
  3. Connecticut#149 · 1 in 791
  4. North Carolina#152 · 1 in 706
  5. District of Columbia#168 · 1 in 673

Best ever in a state: #53 in Hawaii, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#931811 in 412
South Carolina#134321 in 600
Connecticut#149201 in 791
North Carolina#152521 in 706
District of Columbia#168111 in 673
Mississippi#169241 in 722
Indiana#173431 in 861
New Jersey#174481 in 849
New York#1901131 in 981
Hawaii#19271 in 636
South Dakota#19751 in 765
Louisiana#198301 in 884
Nebraska#20491 in 1,039
Maine#23151 in 1,308
Iowa#238121 in 1,452
Florida#241361 in 1,236
Georgia#242281 in 1,285
Ohio#250511 in 1,460
Michigan#255431 in 1,439
Arizona#257121 in 1,206
Arkansas#258101 in 1,309
Minnesota#271131 in 1,851
Wisconsin#273141 in 1,964
California#278961 in 1,428
Missouri#282191 in 1,646
Virginia#287161 in 1,850
Oregon#29781 in 1,579
West Virginia#30861 in 2,032
Kentucky#310121 in 1,979
Kansas#32071 in 1,760
Pennsylvania#320331 in 2,185
Alabama#322131 in 1,857
Maryland#323101 in 2,058
Washington#33591 in 2,132
Oklahoma#34481 in 2,038
Texas#347491 in 1,967
Massachusetts#357121 in 2,852
Tennessee#40991 in 3,145
Colorado#46651 in 3,148
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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 Tasha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 476 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,491)
  • 915 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #7,491)
  • 122 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 789 spots in 1966 (#1,448 → #659)
  • Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1998 (#769 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1980 at #130 (2,266 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1966–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 733
  • Highest: 1 in 733 girls born in 1980 were named Tasha (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.8% of all girls named Tasha (16,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s15#4,007 (1947)#4,106
1950s112#2,416 (1957)#3,284
1960s1,302#507 (1969)#1,332
1970s10,971#190 (1979)#243
1980s16,255#130 (1980)#177
1990s5,603#246 (1990)#574
2000s937#1,225 (2000)#2,208
2010s243#3,723 (2011)#5,691
2020s90#5,549 (2023)#7,382

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.

Tasha in 1972

girls
#240
1,136 births · 1 in 1,339 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #240Tasha1,136
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,339 of them was named Tasha, which outranked 97.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tasha
  1. #237Maureen1,172
  2. #238Jane1,160
  3. #239Norma1,151
  4. #240Tasha1,136
  5. #241Juanita1,135
  6. #242Melody1,122
  7. #243Christa1,121
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →