Asha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Asha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Asha: Recorded since 1957, it reached #286 in 2002, and it stood at #1,809 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#286highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#459
1997	#449
1998	#374
1999	#331
2000	#397
2001	#391
2002	#409
2003	#313
2004	#398
2005	#423
2006	#490
2007	#475
2008	#545
2009	#664
2010	#608
2011	#766
2012	#789
2013	#813
2014	#940
2015	#923
2016	#1031
2017	#1043
2018	#1035
2019	#1292
2020	#1065
2021	#1259
2022	#1326
2023	#1325
2024	#1097
2025	#1809

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 30 of the 51 years from 1957 to 2007.

In 2023: #391 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1325 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1957–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #410 among girls in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2023
Highest recorded position: #286 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1809 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Asha appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 165 births with the name.

Asha across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Asha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#410 (1957)	#313 (1960)	#547 (2007)	30 of 51	165 (1957–2007)	11 (1985)
England and Wales · Girls	#459 (1996)	#313 (2003)	#1809 (2025)	30 of 30	1,711 (1996–2025)	125 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1850 (1999)	#4991 (2023)	22 of 28	93 (1996–2023)	7 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#286 (2002)	#286 (2002)	#391 (2023)	7 of 22	23 (2002–2023)	4 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#441 (2001)	#441 (2001)	#883 (2021)	11 of 21	49 (2001–2021)	9 (2010)

Asha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Asha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	313	4 of 10	78
2000sbusiest	832	10 of 10	83
2010s	414	10 of 10	41
2020s	152	6 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 83 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 45, from 80 to 125.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Asha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Asha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1292	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1035	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1043	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#923	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#940	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#813	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#789	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#766	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#608	64	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#664	55	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#545	70	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#475	83	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#490	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#423	88	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#398	93	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#313	125	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#409	80	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#391	80	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#397	80	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#331	99	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#374	86	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#449	65	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#459	63	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#585	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#572	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#601	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#488	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#598	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#524	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#498	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#643	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#542	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#386	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#614	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#478	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#425	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#435	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#484	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#491	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#461	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#411	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#313	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#410	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Asha is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Asha, between 1957 and 2025, in 53 of those 69 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1957–2007	30	#313 in 1960
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#313 in 2003
Republic of Ireland	2001–2021	11	#441 in 2001
Northern Ireland	2002–2023	7	#286 in 2002

Its high point came 43 years earlier in Norway (1960) than in England and Wales (2003).

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1973; it appears again in 1978.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1957 and 2025, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #286, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 125 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Asgeir · #145, 61y
Ash · #433, 28y
Ashanti · #445, 30y
Ashar · #749, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lavinia · #284, 50y
Laurie · #291, 49y
Halima · #303, 56y
Selena · #267, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Gorm · #289, 31y
Pedro · #283, 60y
Liz · #291, 46y
Margarita · #291, 62y

Asha was ranked #286 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aileen#286
Aisha#286
Aisleen#286
Amelia#286
Abbi#339
Alanah#339
Alix#339
Alysha#339

Asha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Asha without appearing here.

Asha moved ahead of

Nicola
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1325 and #2689.
Sander
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Shannon
In 2019 they stood at #1292 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #1846.
Anita
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1325 and #2063.

Moved ahead of Asha

Rune
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Daithi
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.
Matheo
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Kasper
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.

Moved the opposite way to Asha

Camilla
Between 1960 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #313 to #547 while Camilla went from #425 to #88.
Julia
Between 1960 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #313 to #547 while Julia went from #373 to #39.
Karoline
Between 1960 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #313 to #547 while Karoline went from #442 to #55.
Maren
Between 1960 and 2007 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #313 to #547 while Maren went from #356 to #40.

Moved the same way as Asha

Grace
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #410 to #585 and Grace from #372 to #556.
Grete
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #410 to #585 and Grete from #25 to #483.
Gro
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #410 to #585 and Gro from #22 to #557.
Tove
Between 1957 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Asha went from #410 to #585 and Tove from #6 to #537.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Asha

Asha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Asha across 5 official records

Asha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Asha appears in

Popularity data

Where Asha is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Asha

Asha and the names beside it

Asha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Asha

Moved the opposite way to Asha

Moved the same way as Asha

Asha at a glance

Asha across 5 official records

Asha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Asha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Asha

Asha and the names beside it

Asha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Asha

Moved the opposite way to Asha

Moved the same way as Asha