Aasha
Girl · AH-sha · Sanskrit
Aasha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “hope, wish”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Aasha mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Asha
“hope, wish”
In East Africa Asha is also used as a Swahili form of Aisha, 'alive'.
- Say it
- AH-sha
Meaning borrowed from Asha. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aasha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 4 girls.
Aasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Aasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Aasha, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Aasha than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Aasha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 179 girls in the US were given Aasha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,135, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
- Asha 160
- Aasha 19
Aasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
Names like Aasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Arya Aadhya Aarya Isha Akshara Krisha Viha Anya Anvika Aanya Priya
Other spellings of Aasha
Names related to Aasha
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