Tash

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Inkwell, inkpot (container for ink), through Natasha

Tash has been given to 37 babies in the U.S. since 1972. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2017, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.

Babies named Tash, 2017

1 in 511,000

Tash over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tash over time

In 2017, Tash went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19722017

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tash: meaning, origin, and history

Inkwell, inkpot (container for ink), through Natasha

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tash means

Tash belongs to the name family reached through Tash → Natasha → Ната́ша. Its meaning is “inkwell, inkpot (container for ink)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Tash is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Natasha and Ната́ша.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Tash between 1972 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2017; its best national rank was #5,667 in 1972.

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Tash between 1974 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1974; its best national rank was #10,083 in 1974.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tash?

Tash had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 511,000; 7 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 264,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 354,210 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tash sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 354,210 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tash. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tashs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tash was born before 2012 — so the typical Tash is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 54.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Tash rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2017 (7)
Years since peak: 8; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,667; 1972

Spellings of Tash

Tash is not the most common spelling — Cash is, with 11.4% against Tash's <0.01%.

Cash11.4%27,705
Tate11.3%27,400
Jase9.8%23,905
Nash9.2%22,439
Asa8.7%21,166
Kash7.1%17,367
Josh7.1%17,288
Case4.1%9,926

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tash around the world

Where Tash ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1997–2004
#700
in 2004

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tash by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,667; 1972
Peak year: 2017; 7 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,083; 1974
Peak year: 1974; 5 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tash

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tasi Tasai Tashfin Tasir Krash Tasker Tason Tashad Bash Ayyash Tasos Jash Flash Knash Avash Crash Tasnim Tasha Tashun Tasman Lash Kaash Tashi Ayash

Sibling names for Tash

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Raylee Aubrielle Harleigh Kinslee Aminah Spencer Adelia Emmeline

For a brother

Brecken Linus Arvin Ramsey Kalvin Ishmael Nixon Kyree

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