Recorded 1998–2018 Girls' name Peak 2005 266 births

Aastha — girls' name

266 babies named Aastha in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s92000s1882010s69
2000s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Aastha was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

36 babies were named Aastha in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aastha

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Aastha between 1998 and 2018, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aastha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aastha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aastha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Aastha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aastha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 266 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aastha at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

266

Since 1998

21 years of records

Peak year

2005

36 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1998

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2018

Aastha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1998

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2005)
36
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
010203040 2018201420112008200520021998 9

Aastha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
188 births that decade — 71% of Aastha's all-time total
1990s92000s1882010s69

Aastha by state

Where Aastha concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Aastha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
31 11.7%
#2 California
30 11.3%
New Jersey share of Aastha's total US births 11.7%
Even split

31 of 266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aastha?
266 babies have been named Aastha since 1998. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2005 with 36 births.
When was Aastha most popular?
Aastha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 188 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Aastha most popular?
The top states for the name Aastha are New Jersey (31 births), California (30 births).
How long has the name Aastha been used?
Aastha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 21 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Aastha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aashvi, Aashna, Aashi, Aasiyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.