Astha
Astha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Astha spectabilis. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865. The type location is unknown.
Meaning & Origin of Astha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Astha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Astha spectabilis. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865. The type location is unknown.
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The Story of Astha
Astha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1997, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 19 births, good for #6,055 nationwide. About 74% of every Astha on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Astha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 97 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Astha
Astha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 97 births in the dataset. Astha's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #6,055. Use the chart and map above to compare Astha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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