Dasha — #1851 US girls' name
4,045 babies named Dasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Dasha was born in this single decade.
135 babies were named Dasha in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,045 babies named Dasha between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dasha currently holds the #1851 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 135 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dasha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,062 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dasha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 477 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dasha in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dasha 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 4,045 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.
Dasha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1995)
- 135
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #1851 among girls.
4,045 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 135 births in a single year.
Dasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,062 births that decade — 26% of Dasha's all-time total
Dasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,062 births
- Runner-up 968 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dasha's strongest decade
1,062 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Dasha by state
Where Dasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 477 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 280 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 211 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 207 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 101 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 87 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 71 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Washington | | 71 | 1.8% |
477 of 4,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.9% of nationwide
- Florida 5.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dasha appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1968–2024 (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.