How rare is the name Asha?

13,207 people in the United States have the first name Asha, about 1 in 22,869. It ranks #2,056 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ASHA

#2,056

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,207
About
1 in 22,869
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,207 people named Asha, 39.7% reported their origin as Black, 36% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.8% as two or more races. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Asha peaked in 2000, when 250 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
250
In 2025*
160 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,127 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Asha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,616. The largest share of babies named Asha, 37.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#7,65372
1970s#2,738566
1980s#1,9221,243
1990s#1,6162,175
2000s#1,9772,125
2010s#2,2401,957
2020s#2,545989
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–808%
Millennials 1981–9628.8%
Generation Z 1997–1237.2%
2013 and later25.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Asha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Asha has been most common in Minnesota (2.2×), Georgia (2×), and District of Columbia (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.29×).

6,540 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Asha

#2,054 Archer · 13,225#2,055 Marcelino · 13,212#2,057 Miracle · 13,205#2,058 Justina · 13,204

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asha, most common first.

#1,306 Asia · 28,073#1,966 Asa · 14,126#4,569 Ash · 4,027#6,131 Asya · 2,650#7,603 Ashia · 1,991#19,604 Ashe · 537#25,763 Asja · 366#26,063 Ashya · 360

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