Girls' name · since 1989
Ashya
Ashya has 443 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 443 have been recorded since 1989.
Ashya has 443 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2023.
- #12,717 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 443 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashya ranks #12,717 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 443 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashya's 443 recorded births place it above 82.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ashya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashya splits its recorded history at 2006: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Ashya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (226 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Ashya's strongest decade.
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ashya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s 79
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 226 births (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.
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- Ashya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (226 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ashyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Ashya 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.