How rare is the name Ashwin?

4,120 people in the United States have the first name Ashwin, about 1 in 73,309. It ranks #4,497 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ASHWIN

#4,497

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,120
About
1 in 73,309
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,120 people named Ashwin, 88.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.1% as two or more races and 3.5% as White. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ashwin peaked in 2001, when 86 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
86
In 2025*
29 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,207 babies have been given the name since 1976. 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.

Ashwin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,117. The largest share of babies named Ashwin, 50.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#16,72621
1980s#6,857178
1990s#4,822417
2000s#4,117743
2010s#4,793631
2020s#6,997217
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9618%
Generation Z 1997–1250.9%
2013 and later29.5%

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 Ashwin

#4,495 Eamon · 4,122#4,496 Keara · 4,121#4,498 Rufina · 4,118#4,499 Retha · 4,117

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,535 Ashwini · 2,014#31,173 Aswin · 276

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