Ashana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ashana by the numbers

Ashana was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ashana

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ashana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aahanafirst light of dawn76 in the US (2017)
  • Ashanilightning or one without shame9 in the US (2017)
  • Ashnawish, desire, or hope3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asanaposture or pose in yoga5 in the US (2017)
  • Asiana11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ashana

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