Dasha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,117 for girls
Dasha is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).
What does Dasha mean?
Slavic
A female given name, from Russian, Ukrainian Даша, diminutive of Darja (Дарья or Дар'я).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Dasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dasha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Dasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,117th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Dasha, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Dasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 77 | #2,345 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,275 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,964 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,269 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,682 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,571 |
| 1998 | 119 | #1,436 |
| 1997 | 128 | #1,341 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,277 |
| 1995 | 135 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,920 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Dasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Aisha, Anya, Hana, Isha, Anaya, Raya, Maya, Krisha, Safa, Priya, Arya
Names related to Dasha
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dasha, updated 20 October 2026.