Girls' name · since 1976
Ashana
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 220 babies named Ashana, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 220 recorded since 1976.
Ashana has 220 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2017.
- #18,832 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 220 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashana ranks #18,832 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 220 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,832 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashana's 220 recorded births place it above 73.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashana's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2017
- Peak year (2003)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Ashana's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Ashana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Ashana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ashana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.