Girls' name · since 1984
Ashanna
94 babies named Ashanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
94 girls have been named Ashanna since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Ashanna recorded 94 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2008.
- #27,755 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashanna ranks #27,755 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashanna's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashanna splits its recorded history at 2001: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2008
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ashanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Ashanna's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Ashanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 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, 1984–2008 (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 Ashanna 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.