Tashi

#8,302 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Good fortune

Tashi has been given to 628 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #8,302 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1988, with 30 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Tashi, 2025

1 in 255,000

Tashi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Tashi over time

In 2025, Tashi went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19662025

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.

Tashi: meaning, origin, and history

Good fortune

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tashi means

Tashi means “good fortune”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 495 girls were recorded with the name Tashi between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1988; its best national rank was #3,291 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,034 in 2020 to #8,302 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,426 in 2015 to #8,302 in 2025.

In the United States, 133 boys were recorded with the name Tashi between 2003 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,202 in 2022.

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.

How common is Tashi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,302
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tashi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tashi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tashis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tashi was born before 1995 — so the typical Tashi is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
22.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
495
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 22.6% of all recorded uses (112).

Is Tashi 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
+1,884
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,732
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,124
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.3%
Peak was 1988 (30)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,291
1988

Spellings of Tashi

Tashi is not the most common spelling — Sasha is, with 16.6% against Tashi's 0.21%.

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.

Where Tashi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tashi was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,084,400 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tashi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tashi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tashi was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tashi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tashi around the world

Where Tashi 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.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,256
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1994–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tashi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,302
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,732
Best rank ever
#3,291
1988
Peak year
1988
30 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
495
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,202
2022
Peak year
2022
12 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
133
Count in 2025
Under 5

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