Varsha
Feminine · “rain”
In Sanskrit the word for rain is also the word for a year. Varsha means the monsoon and the season it brings, and because the year turns on that arrival, the same word came to count time — a person's age in old texts is given in varshas, in rains. Very few words carry a climate and a calendar at once, and this one does it without strain.
How old is the name Varsha?
Varsha first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Varsha alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 900 people named Varsha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Varsha most popular?
Varsha peaked in 2003, reaching #3043 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 10,165 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
From varsha to Varsha
The story of Varsha
The monsoon is the central fact of the Indian year, and Sanskrit poetry returns to its arrival constantly — the season of rains is when travelers come home and the earth turns green in a week. Names built on it carry that welcome rather than any suggestion of gloom. Varsha is entirely ordinary across India and reached American records in 1968 with Indian migration, rising slowly to a peak in 2003. It is concentrated in California.
Meaning
rain; the monsoon; a year
From the Sanskrit varsha, which covers rain, the rainy season and a year. The double sense is not a coincidence: in a monsoon climate the year is measured from one rains to the next, and Sanskrit literature counts ages that way. The word is still current in Hindi and Marathi in both senses.
How the name formed
- varsha
- Varsha
Related forms: Varsha · Varsha · Varsha
Pronouncing Varsha
VAR-shah
Two syllables, stress on the first. The sh in Sanskrit is a retroflex sound made further back than the English one; the substitution is close enough that nobody is troubled.
Nicknames for Varsha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 200349 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3043reached in 2003
- Change vs 2023
- −62.5%6 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Varsha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Varsha in Sanskrit — same name
- Varsha in Hindi — same name
- Varsha in Marathi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Varshas among us
people named Varsha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Varsha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Loreli test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Varsha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Loreli climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Loreli's path sketches the road Varsha is walking now.
Varsha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Varsha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Varsha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is two things at once, and both are worth explaining.
- Six letters, two syllables, and no sound English cannot approximate.
- It is spelled phonetically in the Roman alphabet, which many Sanskrit names are not.
- It is entirely ordinary across India, so it has real standing rather than novelty.
- Varsha and Warsha both appear in English writing, so the spelling is occasionally asked for.
- Outside Indian communities the name needs a short introduction.
- The retroflex consonant is lost in American speech, which flattens it slightly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Varshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Varsha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Varsha in 2025?
- Varsha ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Varsha?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Varsha — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Varsha with classmates?
- Varsha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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