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Asha

Pronounced AA1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2000
  • 62 years in use
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How popular is Asha?

Asha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1963. It has been given to 8,962 children — the 1,513th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2000, when 250 children were given it.

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2000Girls: 250Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AA1 SH AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Asha

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Asha

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Asha?
Asha ranks 1,513th among girls' names in US records, with 8,962 births since 1963. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,778.
Is Asha a unisex name?
No. Asha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Asha most popular?
2000, when 250 children were given the name. It has been in use for 62 years and is still recorded as of 2024.