Astha - girls' name
97 babies named Astha in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
97 girls have been named Astha since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 97
- total births
- 1997–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Astha was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Astha in 2003 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Astha
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Astha between 1997 and 2012, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Astha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Astha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Astha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births, the largest state-level total in the dataset, followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Astha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Astha 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 97 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.
Astha at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Astha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1997
- Peak year (2003)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
97 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 19 births in a single year.
Astha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 72 births that decade - 74% of Astha's all-time total
Astha decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Astha's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Astha by state
Where Astha concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.2% |
5 of 97 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% 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, 1997–2012 (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.