Girls' name · since 1996
Ashauna
84 babies named Ashauna in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashauna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 84 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashauna has been recorded 84 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2007.
- #29,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashauna ranks #29,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashauna's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashauna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashauna's SSA record in two at 2003 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 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2007.
84 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 15 births in a single year.
Ashauna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 86% of the file).
2000s was Ashauna's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Ashauna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (86% of all-time use).
Ashauna decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashauna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2007 (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 Ashauna 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.
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