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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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—
1953#3,9559—
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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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedAKMaine: #145 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 681 girlsMEVermont: #119 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 524 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #135 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 663 girlsNHWashington: #149 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 797 girlsWAIdaho: #104 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 476 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #94 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 407 girlsNDMinnesota: #166 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsMNIllinois: #223 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,391 girlsILWisconsin: #162 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 988 girlsWIMichigan: #188 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,126 girlsMINew York: #323 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsNYMassachusetts: #225 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,379 girlsMARhode Island: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 649 girlsRIOregon: #126 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 628 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #74 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 286 girlsSDIowa: #135 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 711 girlsIAIndiana: #128 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 678 girlsINOhio: #175 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsOHPennsylvania: #178 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,043 girlsPANew Jersey: #459 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,484 girlsNJConnecticut: #259 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsCTCalifornia: #354 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsCAUtah: #138 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 647 girlsUTColorado: #209 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,159 girlsCONebraska: #130 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 603 girlsNEMissouri: #174 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsMOKentucky: #127 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 660 girlsKYWest Virginia: #117 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 541 girlsWVVirginia: #182 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsVAMaryland: #263 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedDEArizona: #169 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 868 girlsAZNew Mexico: #371 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsNMKansas: #210 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,193 girlsKSArkansas: #103 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 515 girlsARTennessee: #132 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 706 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #168 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 983 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #208 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #209 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 885 girlsDCOklahoma: #149 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 757 girlsOKLouisiana: #296 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,645 girlsLAMississippi: #220 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,122 girlsMSAlabama: #151 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 831 girlsALGeorgia: #235 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,486 girlsGAHawaii: #88 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 383 girlsHITexas: #311 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,887 girlsTXFlorida: #258 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,620 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#74 · 1 in 286
  2. Hawaii#88 · 1 in 383
  3. North Dakota#94 · 1 in 407
  4. Arkansas#103 · 1 in 515
  5. Idaho#104 · 1 in 476

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#74131 in 286
Hawaii#88131 in 383
North Dakota#94101 in 407
Arkansas#103241 in 515
Idaho#104111 in 476
West Virginia#117161 in 541
Vermont#11951 in 524
Oregon#126251 in 628
Kentucky#127311 in 660
Indiana#128501 in 678
Nebraska#130151 in 603
Tennessee#132411 in 706
Iowa#135221 in 711
New Hampshire#135101 in 663
Rhode Island#13781 in 649
Utah#138211 in 647
Maine#14591 in 681
Oklahoma#149231 in 757
Washington#149351 in 797
Alabama#151261 in 831
Wisconsin#162291 in 988
Minnesota#166271 in 1,022
North Carolina#168391 in 983
Arizona#169291 in 868
Missouri#174311 in 1,022
Ohio#175651 in 1,056
Pennsylvania#178671 in 1,043
Virginia#182331 in 1,087
Michigan#188511 in 1,126
South Carolina#208161 in 1,171
Colorado#209181 in 1,159
District of Columbia#20971 in 885
Kansas#210121 in 1,193
Mississippi#220121 in 1,122
Illinois#223531 in 1,391
Massachusetts#225271 in 1,379
Georgia#235271 in 1,486
Florida#258451 in 1,620
Connecticut#259111 in 1,705
Maryland#263151 in 1,731
Louisiana#296161 in 1,645
Texas#311681 in 1,887
New York#323571 in 2,001
California#3541091 in 2,096
New Mexico#37151 in 1,864
New Jersey#459131 in 3,484
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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 1988

girls
#200
1,306 births · 1 in 1,364 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #200Tasha1,306
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,364 of them was named Tasha, which outranked 98.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tasha
  1. #197Jill1,333
  2. #198Ashleigh1,314
  3. #198Savannah1,314
  4. #200Tasha1,306
  5. #201Kasey1,298
  6. #202Virginia1,292
  7. #202Wendy1,292
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →