Ashya — girls' name
443 babies named Ashya in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
443 girls have been named Ashya since 1989, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 443
- total births
- 1989–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Ashya was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Ashya in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashya
The Social Security Administration has registered 443 babies named Ashya between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ashya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ashya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashya 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 443 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.
Ashya at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (2003)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
443 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 31 births in a single year.
Ashya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 226 births that decade — 51% of Ashya's all-time total
Ashya decade highlights
- Peak decade 226 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ashya's strongest decade
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Ashya by state
Where Ashya concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 443 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2023 (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.