Given name
Tasha
“born on Christmas Day”
Tasha is a variant of Tosha. In English use, Tosha carries the interpretation “born on Christmas Day.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tasha is a variant of Tosha. In English use, Tosha carries the interpretation “born on Christmas Day.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tasha is a diminutive of Natasha. Natasha comes from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Tasha is used as a shortened form of Natasha.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tasha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,634
- 106 boys · 35,528 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 2,277 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,854 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,854 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,266 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 33,339 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tasha’s family of names
In English usage, Tasha is a diminutive of Natasha. Tasha has a related form in Tosha. Tasha is a short form of Natasha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tasha
- Tasha DanversBritish athleteborn 1977
- Tasha de VasconcelosCanadian modelborn 1966
- Tasha SmithAmerican actress, director and producerborn 1971
- Tasha LowSingapore actress and singerborn 1993
- Tasha Cobbs LeonardAmerican urban contemporary gospel singerborn 1981
- Tasha SchwikertAmerican gymnast and broadcasterborn 1984
- Tasha TudorAmerican illustrator and writer (1915-2008)
- Tasha ThomasAmerican singer (1945–1984)
- Tasha SuriBritish author
Characters named Tasha: Tasha Yar (fictional character on Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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