Asha
Asha was the 1373rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 796th; the most babies were born in 2000 (250). Over the last ten years it has moved down 62 places. More babies were named Asha in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,373 girls, up 89 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 160girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000250 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,127babies recorded
Asha popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 58 since 1987.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,373 | 160 |
| 2020 | #1,462 | 147 |
| 2010 | #1,363 | 171 |
| 2000 | #882 | 250 |
| 1990 | #994 | 184 |
| 1980 | #1,273 | 101 |
| 1970 | #3,318 | 19 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Asha, counting every spelling?
Asha is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,194 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,373 for Asha on its own. Together these spellings went to 179 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asha | 160 | #1,373 | 826 |
| Aasha | 19 | #6,117 | 66 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Asha?
160 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Asha (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Asha born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 52 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Asha.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Asha?
About 8,900 people born in the US named Asha are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 13 and 34. That makes Asha mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Asha by state
How common Asha was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.9×), California (1.5×), Illinois (1.5×). In 30 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Asha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Asha, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Asha
How popular is the name Asha?
Asha was the 1373rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 796th; the most babies were born in 2000 (250). Over the last ten years it has moved down 62 places. More babies were named Asha in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Asha a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Asha in the US.
Where is Asha most popular?
In 2021–2025, Asha was most common in New York (0.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Oregon.