How rare is the name Ashish?

6,090 people in the United States have the first name Ashish, about 1 in 49,595. It ranks #3,424 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ASHISH

#3,424

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,090
About
1 in 49,595
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,090 people named Ashish, 96.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.8% as White. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ashish peaked in 2000, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682024
Peak year
2000
Births that year
32
In 2024
5 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 903 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Ashish by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #5,339. The largest share of babies named Ashish, 36.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#5,339201
1980s#5,880225
1990s#8,769178
2000s#9,915205
2010s#20,66170
2020s#28,46817
Generation X 1965–8025.9%
Millennials 1981–9636.8%
Generation Z 1997–1231.5%
2013 and later5.9%

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.

Either side of Ashish

#3,422 Jedidiah · 6,100#3,423 Valorie · 6,092#3,425 Ronin · 6,086#3,426 Samia · 6,085

Spelled almost the same

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

#38,175 Asish · 202#39,388 Ashis · 192#44,359 Ashesh · 156

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