Masha
About Masha
Looking to honor Grandma Mary (or Maria) with something original? This Russian short form bears an unfortunate resemblance to the English word "mash", but if you can look past that, Masha has possibilities.
Pronounced MAH-shah.
As of October 2026, Masha ranked #7026 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4342 in 2022.
Editor's take: The name Masha is a girl's name meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,342 | 33 | 20.1 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,422 | 32 | 19.8 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Masha on lists
Famous Mashas
- Maria Alexandrovna "Masha" Gessen
Russian,American journalist, author, and activist
- Masha Rasputina (born Alla Ageeva)
Russian singer,songwriter
- Maria Alexandrovna "Masha" Kolenkina
Russian socialist revolutionary
- Masha Lubelsky
Israeli politician
- Masha Ma
Chinese fashion designer
- Masha Shirin
Latvian singer,songwriter
- Masha Maltsava
singer and YouTuber
- Maria Valeryevna "Masha" Paseka
Russian Olympic Gymnast
Masha in pop culture
- Masha
Galina's missing sister in Ekaterina Sedia's "The Secret History of Moscow"
- Masha Rostova
birth name for Elizabeth Keen of The Blacklist
- Masha
main character in Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter
- Masha
a sister in The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
- Masha
Ilya's and Polina's daughter in The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
- Masha
a character in manga Tokyo Mew Mew
- Masha
part of Elizabeth's entourage in film Young Frankenstein
- Masha
obsessed fan in 1983 film The King of Comedy
- "Masha and the Bear
" Russian animated series