Asha
Asha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 197 births. Its best rank was 796th, in 1989.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1970.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2000250 births
- Best rank
- #796in 1989
- Since 1963
- 8,904people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,904 girls have been named Asha in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 250 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 24%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2000, its biggest year
Asha was the 882nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Asha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kayceepeak 1998
- Alicenpeak 1993
- Desirepeak 2008
- Jasminapeak 1987
- Acaciapeak 2002
- Sabapeak 2001
- Nohemipeak 1994
- Priyapeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.