Pasha
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Pasha is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “pole”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Pasha mean?
Slavic
“pole”
A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Па́ша (Páša).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Pasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Pasha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pasha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Pasha, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 60% of the babies named Pasha in the UK were girls. By 2011 it was 45%, with more boys than girls since 2011.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Pasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Pasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Pasha, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Pasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Pasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Krishiv, Avi, Yuvraj, Prithvi, Vihaan, Pranav, Priyansh, Avyaan, Advik, Viraj
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, “Pasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pasha, updated 20 October 2026.