Ashana — girls' name
220 babies named Ashana in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
220 girls have been named Ashana since 1976, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 220
- total births
- 1976–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Ashana was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Ashana in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashana
The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Ashana between 1976 and 2017, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ashana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 220 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ashana at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1976
- Peak year (2003)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
220 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 19 births in a single year.
Ashana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 105 births that decade — 48% of Ashana's all-time total
Ashana decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ashana's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.