# Varsha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/varsha/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “rain” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 938 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 938 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 100, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā, “rain”).

## What it means

Varsha is grouped under rain.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32 | 4,602 |
| 2011 | 29 | 4,907 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,380 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,821 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,430 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,716 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,578 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,650 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7,082 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,315 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,378 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,506 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,181 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,227 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,805 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2,438 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Varsha

- Varsha Raffel, cricketer

## 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.