Girls' name · since 1987
Ashara
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 217 babies named Ashara, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,690 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ashara is the #13690 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 217 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashara has been recorded 217 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #13690 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #18,959 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,690 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashara ranks #18,959 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,690 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 217 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,690 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashara's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashara compares
217 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ashara's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashara's full recorded timeline at 2005, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Ashara by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Ashara's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Ashara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ashara's data
- Ashara's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
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, 1987–2025 (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 Ashara 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.