Girls' name · since 1968
Dasha
Dasha has 4,133 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,922 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,133
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dasha is the #2125 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,133 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dasha has been recorded 4,133 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #2125 nationally and more common than 88% 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 1968 to 2025.
- #2,922 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,133 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dasha ranks #2,922 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,133 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,922 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,133
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dasha's 4,133 recorded births place it above 95.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dasha compares
4,133 Top 15% higher than 85% of 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
Dasha's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dasha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,133 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 135 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dasha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dasha's full recorded timeline at 1997, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 135 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 135
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Dasha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,062 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Dasha's strongest decade.
1,062 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Dasha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 197
1970s
197 births
- 1980s
1980s
432 births
- 1990s
1990s
965 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,062 births
- 2010s
2010s
968 births
- 2020s
2020s
498 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,062 births (26% of all-time use).
How Dasha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dasha's total volume
Dasha by state
Where Dasha concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 482 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 287 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 216 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 216 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 101 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 87 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 71 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Washington | | 71 | 1.7% |
482 of 4,133 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Dasha appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dasha's data
- Dasha's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,062 total births) through the 2020s (498) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Dashas (482 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Dasha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Dasha 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.