girls:
35.5k births since 1947
#729 (87th percentile)
boys:
106 births since 1971
#4480 (2nd percentile)
overall:
35.6k births since 1947
#1326 (83rd percentile)
The name Tasha is the #1,326 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35,608 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 82.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #729 (87.3% percentile) for all time with 35,502 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,480 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 106 births since 1971.
Tasha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Tasha is available in 74 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023 (74 years for girls and 13 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tasha has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tasha reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 83.9% percentile (ranked #127) with 1,273 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 1,273 births per million (ranked 83.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1984, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tasha ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 1.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tasha reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #672) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tasha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tasha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Tasha is pronounced as TAH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TA-shuh, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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