Fun Facts About the Name Aasha
- 398 babies named Aasha: U.S. records list 398 babies given the name Aasha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aasha Mean?
Aasha is a feminine name meaning "hope," from Sanskrit āśā (आशा). The Sanskrit noun denotes hope, expectation, or desire; in Hindi the same word, āśā, is the ordinary noun for hope. The spelling Aasha represents the long initial vowel of the Sanskrit and Hindi word, and Asha is another common English spelling. The name's meaning is the literal sense of the noun.
Aasha Name History & Origins
Āśā is an old Sanskrit noun with the sense of hope, expectation, or desire. The word is a common noun in Sanskrit, and the feminine given name uses that noun as a name. In modern Hindi and other Indo-Aryan languages, the reflex āśā remains the usual term for hope, and the name is used in that linguistic area. The Devanagari spelling आशा shows the long initial and final vowels that English transliterations render in different ways. In the South Asian context, Aasha and Asha are both English spellings of this name; Aasha uses aa for the initial long ā. Its history is chiefly lexical rather than tied to a particular legendary or historical figure.
How Popular is the Name Aasha?
Aasha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1986. Its best rank was #4,027 in 1986.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,117 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #7,225 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #9,610 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #8,950 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #7,340 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #7,095 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #8,300 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #10,866 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #7,614 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #6,990 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #11,003 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #8,635 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #7,435 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #9,787 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #10,681 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #15,413 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #9,540 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #13,607 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #8,333 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #8,720 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #7,582 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #12,193 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #8,757 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #9,876 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #8,225 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #8,585 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #11,810 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,806 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #10,590 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #12,960 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #8,780 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #4,027 | 20 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aasha Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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