Unisex name · since 1970
Yasha
Yasha has 218 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yasha is the #13522 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 218 recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Yasha recorded 218 times among girls since 1970, holding rank #13522 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #18,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,522 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 218 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasha ranks #18,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 218 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yasha's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yasha compares
218 39th percentile among 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
Yasha's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yasha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 218 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yasha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yasha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yasha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Yasha popularity over time - boys
58 total births recorded since 1983 (Yasha as boys' name)
Yasha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (53 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Yasha's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Yasha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 53 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Yasha's data
- Yasha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Yasha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Yasha 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.