MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Asha mean?
Hope and expectation are the central senses of Sanskrit āśā. The Sanskrit noun can also denote a direction or quarter of the sky.
Pronunciation
IAST: āśā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आशा
Letter-by-letter: āśā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
আশা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Asha in Indian usage
1,040,326 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,014,711 records (97.5%).
- Recorded as male: 25,615 records (2.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,492 |
| 1930s | 5,649 |
| 1940s | 22,189 |
| 1950s | 68,329 |
| 1960s | 193,323 |
| 1970s | 278,959 |
| 1980s | 301,908 |
| 1990s | 168,264 |
| Other decades | 213 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 306,131 |
| Bihar | 237,554 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 119,514 |
| Rajasthan | 92,652 |
| Jharkhand | 53,607 |
| Punjab | 48,442 |
| Haryana | 39,922 |
| Delhi | 39,330 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 25,849 |
| Uttarakhand | 25,036 |
| Kerala | 22,472 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 9,675 |
| Odisha | 7,935 |
| Chandigarh | 2,467 |
| Assam | 2,315 |
| Maharashtra | 2,146 |
| Goa | 1,550 |
| Tripura | 1,002 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 596 |
| Meghalaya | 575 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 289 |
| Sikkim | 274 |
| Puducherry | 267 |
| Nagaland | 192 |
| Manipur | 189 |
| Gujarat | 118 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 107 |
| Other states | 120 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Asha / F | 16 | 1,809 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Asha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Asha; Table_6, C1830 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Asha; Table_6, C1830
- Monier-Williams, āśā, p. 157,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.