Unisex name · since 2014

Ashai

Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 101 babies named Ashai, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#17,329 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,596 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
101
born since 2014
2020s
peak decade

101 babies have been named Ashai since 2014, making it today's #11596 unisex name.

Social Security Administration records show Ashai recorded 101 times among boys since 2014, holding rank #11596 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.

  • #17,329 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,596 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 101 born since 2014
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashai ranks #17,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,596 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 101 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.

#17,329 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,596 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
101
born since 2014
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%16.7%
Ashai vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ashai's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ashai compares

101 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ashai's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ashai Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 101 369 358,536
Peak-year births 14 34 22,252

Ashai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ashai's full recorded timeline at 2020, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ashai popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
14
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
46810121416 201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 6

Ashai popularity over time - girls

42 total births recorded since 1997 (Ashai as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 42 births
4.555.566.5 19972004200720182019202120222025 6

Ashai by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 50% of the file).

2020s was Ashai's strongest decade.

51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Ashai births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ashai?
Ashai has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 2014, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #17,329 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #11,596 of 13,930. 14 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Ashai sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashai ranks #17,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,596 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ashai most popular?
Ashai was most popular in the 2020s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Is Ashai a unisex name?
Yes, Ashai is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 101 births, and as a girl's name it has 42 births.
How long has the name Ashai been used?
Ashai has been recorded in Social Security data since 2014, spanning 12 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ashai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Asher, Ashton, Ashley, Ash, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ashai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.