Tashi — #9663 US unisex name
482 babies named Tashi in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Tashi was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Tashi in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tashi
The Social Security Administration has registered 482 babies named Tashi between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tashi currently holds the #9663 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 30 babies received it in a single year. Tashi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 133 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tashi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tashi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tashi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tashi 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 482 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.
Tashi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tashi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1988)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #9663 among girls.
482 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 30 births in a single year.
Tashi popularity over time — boys
133 total births recorded since 2003 (Tashi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Tashi accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tashi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 112 births that decade — 23% of Tashi's all-time total
Tashi decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tashi's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Tashi by state
Where Tashi concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 482 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.2% 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, 1966–2024 (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.