Varsha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Varsha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “rain”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Varsha mean?
Sanskrit
“rain”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Varsha a girl's or a boy's name?
Varsha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Varsha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Varsha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Varsha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Varsha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Varsha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Varsha in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Varsha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Varsha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viha, Prisha, Priya, Krisha, Navya, Varnika, Vanya, Vaani, Kavya, Saanvi, Akshara, Divisha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Varsha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/varsha, updated 20 October 2026.