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
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 2,266 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,528since 1947
Tasha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tasha has never cracked the top 100 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 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,225 | 82 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,972 | 94 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,019 | 89 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,308 | 149 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,540 | 120 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,225 | 162 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,058 | 191 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,024 | 194 | — | |
| 1997 | #769 | 273 | — | |
| 1996 | #662 | 336 | — | |
| 1995 | #522 | 463 | — | |
| 1994 | #469 | 539 | — | |
| 1993 | #370 | 687 | — | |
| 1992 | #332 | 807 | — | |
| 1991 | #292 | 959 | — | |
| 1990 | #246 | 1,154 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #228 | 1,205 | — | |
| 1988 | #200 | 1,306 | — | |
| 1987 | #208 | 1,278 | — | |
| 1986 | #200 | 1,302 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #181 | 1,481 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #164 | 1,682 | — | |
| 1983 | #156 | 1,834 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #158 | 1,883 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #141 | 2,018 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #130 | 2,266 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #190 | 1,401 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #235 | 1,053 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #224 | 1,115 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #218 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1975 | #223 | 1,084 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #190 | 1,344 | — | |
| 1973 | #226 | 1,122 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #240 | 1,136 | — | |
| 1971 | #281 | 1,018 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #399 | 592 | — | |
| 1969 | #507 | 370 | — | |
| 1968 | #594 | 261 | — | |
| 1967 | #671 | 205 | — | |
| 1966 | #659 | 214 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,672 | 47 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
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| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
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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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#60 · 1 in 274
- Wyoming#63 · 1 in 268
- North Carolina#67 · 1 in 302
- Arkansas#77 · 1 in 329
- Louisiana#79 · 1 in 349
Best ever in a state: #53 in Hawaii, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #60 | 60 | 1 in 274 |
| Wyoming | #63 | 12 | 1 in 268 |
| North Carolina | #67 | 110 | 1 in 302 |
| Arkansas | #77 | 41 | 1 in 329 |
| Louisiana | #79 | 88 | 1 in 349 |
| Alabama | #81 | 67 | 1 in 343 |
| South Carolina | #81 | 52 | 1 in 344 |
| Alaska | #87 | 9 | 1 in 315 |
| Idaho | #87 | 19 | 1 in 363 |
| New Mexico | #94 | 23 | 1 in 406 |
| Oklahoma | #94 | 47 | 1 in 411 |
| Virginia | #95 | 69 | 1 in 432 |
| North Dakota | #100 | 11 | 1 in 429 |
| Delaware | #104 | 8 | 1 in 382 |
| Georgia | #104 | 74 | 1 in 477 |
| Indiana | #104 | 70 | 1 in 529 |
| Tennessee | #104 | 58 | 1 in 490 |
| Kentucky | #108 | 49 | 1 in 507 |
| Missouri | #110 | 60 | 1 in 557 |
| New Hampshire | #115 | 9 | 1 in 588 |
| Florida | #117 | 88 | 1 in 587 |
| Ohio | #118 | 120 | 1 in 611 |
| Hawaii | #121 | 11 | 1 in 458 |
| Maryland | #122 | 36 | 1 in 561 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 9 | 1 in 520 |
| Iowa | #128 | 30 | 1 in 669 |
| Vermont | #128 | 5 | 1 in 530 |
| District of Columbia | #131 | 11 | 1 in 511 |
| Utah | #133 | 28 | 1 in 588 |
| Kansas | #136 | 23 | 1 in 657 |
| Michigan | #141 | 81 | 1 in 744 |
| West Virginia | #142 | 18 | 1 in 665 |
| Illinois | #146 | 101 | 1 in 765 |
| Minnesota | #148 | 34 | 1 in 857 |
| Oregon | #150 | 23 | 1 in 752 |
| Texas | #150 | 166 | 1 in 722 |
| New Jersey | #152 | 47 | 1 in 792 |
| Wisconsin | #154 | 37 | 1 in 851 |
| Pennsylvania | #155 | 81 | 1 in 851 |
| Arizona | #161 | 26 | 1 in 741 |
| New York | #162 | 119 | 1 in 839 |
| Colorado | #171 | 24 | 1 in 821 |
| Nebraska | #178 | 12 | 1 in 897 |
| Connecticut | #193 | 14 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Maine | #213 | 5 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Massachusetts | #222 | 23 | 1 in 1,359 |
| Washington | #253 | 19 | 1 in 1,412 |
| California | #258 | 129 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1980 at #130 (2,266 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1966–1997
- Highest: 1 in 733 girls born in 1980 were named Tasha (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.8% of all girls named Tasha (16,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | #4,007 (1947) | #4,106 |
| 1950s | 112 | #2,416 (1957) | #3,284 |
| 1960s | 1,302 | #507 (1969) | #1,332 |
| 1970s | 10,971 | #190 (1979) | #243 |
| 1980s | 16,255 | #130 (1980) | #177 |
| 1990s | 5,603 | #246 (1990) | #574 |
| 2000s | 937 | #1,225 (2000) | #2,208 |
| 2010s | 243 | #3,723 (2011) | #5,691 |
| 2020s | 90 | #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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 733 of them was named Tasha, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 162,177 of them was named Tasha, which outranked 50.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,430Zackariah12
- #3,430Zaid12
- #3,430Ziad12
- #3,615Tasha11
- #3,615Abigail11
- #3,615Abu11
- #3,615Adel11
- #3,838Ahron10
- #3,838Akash10
- #3,838Akbar10
Tied with 222 names at #3,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.