# Pasha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pasha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Turkish |
| Meaning | “pole” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 906 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 408 / 498 (55% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 224, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an Islamic surname (generally the Indian subcontinent), honorific title from Turkish paşa. This is also found in Albania, Turkey and Slavic countries. Compare Basha, Bey. * As an English surname, variant of Pasher, itself Anglicized from French Perchard, a suffixed form of Old French perche (“pole”), from Latin pertica.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8 | 10,875 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,116 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,523 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,441 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,104 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,392 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,735 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,759 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,413 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,352 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,285 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13,169 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,884 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,256 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,212 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,496 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,223 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,417 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,440 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,982 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,011 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,002 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,611 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,107 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,919 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,990 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,615 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,106 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,811 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,548 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.