NameTides

Asha

Asha was the #1,373 girls' name in the US in 2025 (160 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Asha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Asha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Asha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#1,373 (160)#1,809 (16)———#1,495 (16)—
2024#1,188 (201)#1,097 (31)———#1,234 (20)—
2023#1,339 (169)#1,325 (24)—#391 (3)—#987 (26)—
2022#1,573 (135)#1,326 (24)———#1,727 (12)—
2021#1,370 (161)#1,259 (26)——#883 (3)#1,335 (18)—
2020#1,459 (147)#1,065 (31)#765 (3)——#1,428 (16)—
2019#1,218 (192)#1,292 (25)———#1,798 (12)—
2018#1,192 (200)#1,035 (34)———#1,259 (19)—
2017#1,172 (210)#1,043 (34)———#1,269 (19)—
2016#1,286 (187)#1,031 (34)#675 (4)——#1,075 (24)—
2015#1,311 (181)#923 (39)#566 (5)——#1,080 (23)—
2014#1,205 (202)#940 (39)—#365 (4)—#681 (43)—
2013#1,248 (191)#813 (47)#564 (5)—#894 (3)#807 (34)—
2012#1,158 (212)#789 (49)——#907 (3)#492 (62)—
2011#1,196 (201)#766 (49)——#550 (7)#567 (51)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #855.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Asha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Asha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Asha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AshaCanadaGirls#1,49516
AshaEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
AshaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AshaIrelandGirls—too few
AshaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AshaScotlandGirls—too few
AshaUSGirls#1,373160
AshaUSBoys—too few
AshaVICGirls—too few