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Asha

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~9,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,373 among girls
Births in 2025
160 9,127 since 1880
Typical age
23 years, median

Asha popularity over time

Asha rank by birth year, 1963–2025Asha ranked #6,592 in 1963 and #1,373 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #795, in 1989.#1,000#1,373best #795 in 1989198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1963–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Asha was used most in 2000, when 250 babies were given the name. 1963 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It reaches the top 1,000 in 13 years of the record.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,373, with 160 births that year. It slipped 185 places against the previous year.

Babies named Asha per yearPeaks at 250 births in 2000.250 in 20000198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Asha?

About 9,000 people named Asha are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 9,127 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Asha?

Half of living Ashas are older than 23, half younger. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Asha a millennial-era name.

Your Asha

Ages of living people named AshaHalf of living Ashas are older than 23 and half younger.median 230204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Asha is most common

Relative to births, Minnesota carries 1.9× the national share of Ashas. Washington, New York and Illinois follow.

Where Asha is used more than average5 states use the name Asha more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.8× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 1.9× the national rateMNIllinois: 1.5× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Asha is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 47 1.9×
Washington 58 1.8×
New York 158 1.8×
Illinois 79 1.5×
California 270 1.4×

Asha in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Asha ranked #1,809 in 2025 on 16 births. That is 48% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Asha comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (“hope, wish”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Asha

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Asha Bhosle Indian playback singer 1933–2026 60
Asha Parekh Indian actress 1942 36
Asha Negi Indian television actress 1989 27
Asha de Vos marine biologist 1979 22
Asha Philip British sprinter 1990 22
Asha Haji Elmi Member of Federal Parliament; peace activist 1962 19
Asha Bhat Indian model 1992 18
Asha Sharath Indian film actress and classical dancer 1975 14
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Asha

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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