Yasha — #11270 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Yasha

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Yasha between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yasha currently holds the #11270 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Yasha is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 1983.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yasha 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 212 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.