Tasa
Tasa is a genus of East Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981. As of September 2025 it contains only two species, found only in Japan, Korea, and China: T. davidi and T. koreana.
Meaning & Origin of Tasa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tasa is a genus of East Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981. As of September 2025 it contains only two species, found only in Japan, Korea, and China: T. davidi and T. koreana.
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The Story of Tasa
American parents first put Tasa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 6 Tasas were born — ranking #7,388 that year. About 50% of every Tasa on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tasa last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 42 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tasa
Tasa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 42 births in the dataset. Tasa's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #7,388. Use the chart and map above to compare Tasa'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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