girls:
204 births since 1970
#5512 (4th percentile)
boys:
53 births since 1983
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
257 births since 1970
#7482 (3rd percentile)
The name Yasha is the #7,482 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 257 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,512 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 204 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1983.
Yasha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1983 for boys). Birth data for Yasha is available in 34 out of the 52 years between 1970 and 2021 (28 years for girls and 9 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 Yasha has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Yasha were girls.
For girls, Yasha reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
For boys, Yasha reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #844) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yasha".
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