Sashi
Sashi is a name with a single cultural origin: Kannada.
- Kannada
Meaning & Origin of Sashi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sashi is a name with a single cultural origin: Kannada.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Kannada
The Story of Sashi
Sashi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 7 births, good for #12,180 nationwide. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Sashis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 32 Sashis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sashi
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About the name Sashi
Sashi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Sashi's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #12,180. Use the chart and map above to compare Sashi'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.