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Asha

Asha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hope, wish”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
AH-sha · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Sanskrit आशा (Āśā) meaning 'hope' or 'wish'. It is also used independently in other cultures, but the Sanskrit origin is the most established for this spelling.

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How popular is Asha?

202459.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Asha in 2024197

2024 rank#1,198 girls

Peak year1998

Total US babies since 18808,962

Asha has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Asha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Asha questions

What does the name Asha mean?

Asha means "hope, wish". It comes from Sanskrit. From Sanskrit आशा (Āśā) meaning 'hope' or 'wish'. It is also used independently in other cultures, but the Sanskrit origin is the most established for this spelling.

Is Asha a boy or girl name?

Asha is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Asha?

197 US babies were named Asha in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.

How do you pronounce Asha?

Asha is usually pronounced AH-sha.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.