Girls' name · since 1981
Ashwini
Ashwini has 149 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashwini sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 149 recorded since 1981.
Ashwini has 149 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2022.
- #22,806 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashwini ranks #22,806 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashwini's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashwini's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashwini's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashwini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2022
- Peak year (2002)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashwini by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (66 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Ashwini's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ashwini births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 66 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Ashwini's decade-level peak was the 2000s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashwini: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1981–2022 (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 Ashwini 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.