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Ashna

Girl · ASH-na · Persian

Ashna is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “friend, beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Ashna mean?

Persian: Persian ashna, also used in Urdu

“friend, beloved”

From the Persian word ashna 'acquainted, a close friend', also common in Urdu poetry.

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ASH-na

Is Ashna a girl's or a boy's name?

Ashna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ashna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ashna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ashna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 13 in 20102025
Ashna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20243#5,966
20234#4,915
20220–
20210–
20203#5,734
20193#5,804
20180–
20173#5,998
20163#6,009
20156#3,777
20144#4,888
20136#3,719
20126#3,881
20116#3,737
201013#2,103
200910#2,478
20083#5,772
20075#3,858
200610#2,263
20058#2,555
20043#4,789
20036#2,877
20024#3,556
20019#1,974
20005#2,907
19995#2,912
19985#2,855
19970–
19965#2,815

How popular is Ashna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ashna, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the girls named Ashna in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 59 in 20032025
Ashna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20246#13,472
20230–
202210#9,674
20219#10,287
20200–
20197#12,442
20185#15,677
20177#12,709
201613#8,390
201515#7,610
201424#5,454
201318#6,725
201226#5,251
201129#4,806
201021#6,180
200926#5,377
200829#5,011
200731#4,674
200634#4,264
200545#3,362
200431#4,383
200359#2,670
200239#3,457
200122#5,169
200027#4,395
199918#5,655
199815#6,355
199716#5,864
199619#5,060
199512#7,036
19945#13,423
199311#7,491
19925#13,308
19916#11,501
19900–
19895#12,356

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