Nastasha
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Meaning & Origin of Nastasha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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The Story of Nastasha
The earliest SSA record of Nastasha as a baby girl name dates back to 1972, when 5 babies received it. 1987 was its biggest year on record, with 31 newborns named Nastasha — #3,031 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Nastasha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Nastasha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 414 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nastasha
Nastasha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 414 births in the dataset. Nastasha's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #3,031. Use the chart and map above to compare Nastasha'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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