Tasha

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1980 · 2,266 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,528
since 1947

Tasha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tasha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #130, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#7,96713
2023#5,54922
2022#7,63114
2021#7,25015
2020#8,40612
2019#6,69817
2018#7,10016
2017#4,92227
2016#5,79622
2015#7,61315
2014#6,45119
2013#4,88728
2012#5,11427
2011#3,72341
2010#4,60831
2009#3,25251
2008#3,26751
2007#2,78765
2006#2,48574
2005#2,22582
2004#1,97294
2003#2,01989
2002#1,308149
2001#1,540120
2000#1,225162
1999#1,058191
1998#1,024194
1997#769273
1996#662336
1995#522463
1994#469539
1993#370687
1992#332807
1991#292959
1990#2461,154#8,1175
1989#2281,205
1988#2001,306
1987#2081,278
1986#2001,302#4,8538
1985#1811,481#5,7856
1984#1641,682
1983#1561,834#6,2385
1982#1581,883#3,69211
1981#1412,018#2,89815
1980#1302,266#3,61511
1979#1901,401#4,0689
1978#2351,053#5,7725
1977#2241,115#3,38611
1976#2181,106
1975#2231,084#3,6599
1974#1901,344
1973#2261,122#4,5056
1972#2401,136
1971#2811,018#4,9075
1970#399592
1969#507370
1968#594261
1967#671205
1966#659214
1965#1,44858
1964#1,68647
1963#1,67247
1962#1,85838
1961#1,92136
1960#2,30726
1959#2,51721
1958#2,97216
1957#2,41622
1956#4,4678
1955#2,97115
1954#3,49011
1953#3,9559
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1948#4,2057
1947#4,0078
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Tasha! It came in at #4,007, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tasha is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedAKMaine: #219 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,238 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #132 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 704 girlsNHWashington: #143 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 755 girlsWAIdaho: #148 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 649 girlsIDMontana: #108 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 478 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #160 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 797 girlsNDMinnesota: #155 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 931 girlsMNIllinois: #241 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,481 girlsILWisconsin: #175 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,113 girlsWIMichigan: #193 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,159 girlsMINew York: #369 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 2,283 girlsNYMassachusetts: #368 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,760 girlsMARhode Island: #168 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 871 girlsRIOregon: #108 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 567 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #153 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 676 girlsSDIowa: #123 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 625 girlsIAIndiana: #137 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 803 girlsINOhio: #146 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 857 girlsOHPennsylvania: #225 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,413 girlsPANew Jersey: #571 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,841 girlsNJConnecticut: #439 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,648 girlsCTCalifornia: #421 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 2,561 girlsCAUtah: #105 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 515 girlsUTColorado: #162 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 875 girlsCONebraska: #143 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 710 girlsNEMissouri: #150 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 893 girlsMOKentucky: #120 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 614 girlsKYWest Virginia: #95 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 477 girlsWVVirginia: #199 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsVAMaryland: #302 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,962 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedDEArizona: #147 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 788 girlsAZNew Mexico: #163 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 732 girlsNMKansas: #147 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 748 girlsKSArkansas: #90 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 423 girlsARTennessee: #127 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 688 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #164 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #221 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,211 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tasha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 779 girlsOKLouisiana: #230 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,253 girlsLAMississippi: #269 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,478 girlsMSAlabama: #164 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 861 girlsALGeorgia: #156 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 933 girlsGAHawaii: #92 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 373 girlsHITexas: #267 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,631 girlsTXFlorida: #213 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,310 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#90 · 1 in 423
  2. Hawaii#92 · 1 in 373
  3. West Virginia#95 · 1 in 477
  4. Utah#105 · 1 in 515
  5. Montana#108 · 1 in 478

Best ever in a state: #53 in Hawaii, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#90291 in 423
Hawaii#92131 in 373
West Virginia#95191 in 477
Utah#105261 in 515
Montana#10881 in 478
Oregon#108271 in 567
Kentucky#120341 in 614
Iowa#123251 in 625
Tennessee#127411 in 688
New Hampshire#13291 in 704
Indiana#137401 in 803
Nebraska#143131 in 710
Washington#143361 in 755
Ohio#146791 in 857
Arizona#147311 in 788
Kansas#147191 in 748
Idaho#14881 in 649
Missouri#150351 in 893
Oklahoma#152231 in 779
South Dakota#15361 in 676
Minnesota#155291 in 931
Georgia#156421 in 933
North Dakota#16051 in 797
Colorado#162241 in 875
New Mexico#163131 in 732
Alabama#164251 in 861
North Carolina#164381 in 981
Rhode Island#16861 in 871
Wisconsin#175261 in 1,113
Michigan#193501 in 1,159
Virginia#199291 in 1,198
Florida#213531 in 1,310
Maine#21951 in 1,238
South Carolina#221151 in 1,211
Pennsylvania#225491 in 1,413
Louisiana#230211 in 1,253
Illinois#241491 in 1,481
Texas#267791 in 1,631
Mississippi#26991 in 1,478
Maryland#302131 in 1,962
Massachusetts#368131 in 2,760
New York#369491 in 2,283
California#421841 in 2,561
Connecticut#43951 in 3,648
New Jersey#57191 in 4,841
Alaska
Delaware
District of Columbia
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tasha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 476 spots since 2024 (#7,967#7,491)
  • 915 spots since 2020 (#8,406#7,491)
  • 122 spots since 2015 (#7,613#7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 789 spots in 1966 (#1,448#659)
  • Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1998 (#769#1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1980 at #130 (2,266 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1966–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 733
  • Highest: 1 in 733 girls born in 1980 were named Tasha (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.8% of all girls named Tasha (16,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s15#4,007 (1947)#4,106
1950s112#2,416 (1957)#3,284
1960s1,302#507 (1969)#1,332
1970s10,971#190 (1979)#243
1980s16,255#130 (1980)#177
1990s5,603#246 (1990)#574
2000s937#1,225 (2000)#2,208
2010s243#3,723 (2011)#5,691
2020s90#5,549 (2023)#7,382

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tasha in 1987

girls
#208
1,278 births · 1 in 1,360 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #208Tasha1,278
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,360 of them was named Tasha, which outranked 98.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tasha
  1. #205Michele1,310
  2. #206Claudia1,304
  3. #207Christy1,293
  4. #208Tasha1,278
  5. #209Nina1,265
  6. #210Stefanie1,259
  7. #211Sharon1,249
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987