Alashia
A feminine name of Phoenician origin with an uncertain meaning.
Name Census estimates that about 243 living Americans carry the first name Alashia. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Alashia today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alashia births was 2004 (18 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alashia. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
243
~ 1 in 1,410,512 Americans
Peak year
2004
18 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2016 SSA rank
#12,941
Tracked since 1990
Census
Alashia in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 240 people with the first name Alashia, which placed it at #34,133 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#34,133
National first-name rank
People counted
240
240 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
78.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alashia
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alashia is Black at 78.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (7.5%) and White (7.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alashia described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alashia at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American78.8% · 189
- Hispanic or Latino7.5% · 18
- White7.1% · 17
- Two or more races5.0% · 12
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.7% · 4
Popularity
Alashia: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alashia from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 119 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Alashia remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alashia by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alashia during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Alashia
The given name Alashia has its origins traced back to ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in the regions of modern-day Iraq and Syria. It is believed to have derived from the Akkadian language, an ancient Semitic tongue spoken in Mesopotamia during the third and second millennia BCE. The name Alashia is thought to be related to the word "alashtu," which means "to rejoice" or "to celebrate."
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Alashia can be found in the Amarna letters, a collection of clay tablets containing diplomatic correspondence from the 14th century BCE between the rulers of ancient Egypt and their contemporaries in the Near East. These letters refer to a region called Alashia, which scholars have identified as the island of Cyprus or a part of the Anatolian mainland.
In ancient Greek mythology, there is a figure named Alashia, who was a nymph associated with the island of Cyprus. She was said to be the daughter of the god Helios and the ocean nymph Perseis. This mythological connection further strengthens the link between the name Alashia and the ancient island of Cyprus.
One of the earliest known individuals to bear the name Alashia was Alashia of Assyria, a princess who lived in the 7th century BCE. She was the daughter of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon and became the queen consort of Babylon after marrying the Babylonian prince Shamash-shum-ukin.
Another notable figure in history with the name Alashia was Alashia ibn Mansur, a 10th-century Arab mathematician and astronomer from Baghdad. He made important contributions to the development of spherical trigonometry and the calculation of planetary positions.
In more recent times, Alashia Causey was an American ballet dancer and choreographer who lived from 1934 to 2008. She was a pioneer in the field of modern dance and founded the Alashia Dance Theatre in New York City.
Alashia Ingram, born in 1983, is a contemporary American author and screenwriter known for her works exploring themes of identity, race, and relationships. Her debut novel, "The Windmill Chaser," received critical acclaim upon its release in 2015.
Alashia Amin is a British-Pakistani fashion designer and entrepreneur who has gained recognition for her contemporary fusion of Eastern and Western styles. She founded her eponymous fashion label in 2010, which has been showcased at various international fashion weeks.
People
Alashia + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alashia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alashia: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alashia?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 243 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alashia going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,410,512 US residents.
Is Alashia a common name?
We classify Alashia as "Very Rare". It ranks above 76.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 247 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alashia most popular?
The single biggest year for Alashia was 2004, when 18 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alashia is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alashia in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 240 people with the name Alashia, or 0.08 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #34,133 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alashia in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alashia?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alashia appears almost entirely female. Of the 231 people counted with this name, 99.1% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alashia?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alashia is Black at 78.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (7.5%) and White (7.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alashia most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Alashia in the 2020 Census, accounting for 78.8% (189 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alashia in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alashia a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Alashia in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Alashia still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alashia in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alashia can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Alashia?
Find out how many Americans are named Alashia on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.