Usha
Usha is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali.
- Hinduism
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
Meaning & Origin of Usha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Usha is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Nepali
The Story of Usha
The earliest SSA record of Usha as a baby girl name dates back to 1951, when 5 babies received it. 1973 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Usha — #4,586 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Usha on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Usha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 152 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Usha
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Usha. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ushas
Names that sound like Usha
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Usha
Usha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 152 births in the dataset. Usha's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #4,586. Use the chart and map above to compare Usha'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.