Girls' name · peaked in 1980
Tasha name popularity since 1925
35,634 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tasha. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Tasha is about 44 years old in 2026. Tasha peaked in 1980 as the #130 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,634
- Named Tasha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,854 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 35,528 girls · 106 boys
- Most popular in
- Oregon
- 1.61× its national share
Peak year is the year Tasha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tasha births per year, 1925–2025
1980 was the biggest year for Tasha both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Tasha became 6× more common, from 1 in 8,050 baby girls to 1 in 1,340.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 71%, from 1 in 2,630 to 1 in 9,110.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tasha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tasha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tasha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 15 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 112 | 0 | #3,080 |
| 1960s | 1,302 | 0 | #1,460 |
| 1970s | 10,971 | 45 | #223 |
| 1980s | 16,255 | 56 | #181 |
| 1990s | 5,603 | 5 | #522 |
| 2000s | 937 | 0 | #2,237 |
| 2010s | 243 | 0 | #7,968 |
| 2020–25 | 90 | 0 | #7,854 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.3% of babies named Tasha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Tasha is most popular
The index compares Tasha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tasha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 1.61× | 509 |
| Mississippi | 1.41× | 576 |
| South Carolina | 1.39× | 655 |
| Louisiana | 1.36× | 823 |
| Arkansas | 1.35× | 467 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tasha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tasha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tasha (1980).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data