Asha
In India, from the Sanskrit asha, meaning hope or wish. In East Africa it is a Swahili form of the Arabic Aisha.
Asha in 2025
Asha was given to 160 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 2,585th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 20,721 babies born.
The history of Asha
Asha reached its highest point in 2000, when 250 babies were given the name, ranking 1,573rd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,397th, in 1989.
Across the 63 years of records since 1963, 9,127 babies have been named Asha. Half of them were born before 2002, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Asha by decade
| Decade | Babies named Asha | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72 | 4,602 |
| 1970s | 566 | 2,192 |
| 1980s | 1,243 | 1,397 |
| 1990s | 2,175 | 1,478 |
| 2000s | 2,125 | 1,573 |
| 2010s | 1,957 | 2,092 |
| 2020s | 989 | 2,244 |
Where Asha is heading
Asha has fallen 12% over the past decade, from 181 babies in 2015 to 160 in 2025.
Names like Asha
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Asha.