# Tasha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tasha/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,634 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106 / 35,528 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 352, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Natasha

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 3,776 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,238 |
| 2013 | 28 | 5,005 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,682 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,968 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,966 |
| 2017 | 27 | 5,036 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,383 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,991 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,905 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,601 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,993 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,728 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,386 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,854 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,574 |
| 1973 | 6 | 5,022 |
| 1975 | 9 | 3,918 |
| 1977 | 11 | 3,581 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,658 |
| 1979 | 9 | 4,367 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,818 |
| 1981 | 15 | 3,014 |
| 1982 | 11 | 3,931 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,218 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,448 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,276 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,352 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 29 | 976 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 14 | 1,815 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,596 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Tasha

- Tasha Reign, American pornographic actress
- Tasha Danvers, British athlete
- Tasha de Vasconcelos, Canadian model
- Tasha Smith, American actress, director and producer
- Tasha Schwikert, American gymnast and broadcaster
- Tasha Cobbs, American urban contemporary gospel singer
- Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and writer (1915-2008)
- Tasha Thomas, American singer (1945–1984)

## 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.