Ashonda — girls' name
36 babies named Ashonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
36 girls have been named Ashonda since 1974, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 36
- total births
- 1974–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Ashonda was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ashonda in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Ashonda between 1974 and 1997, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ashonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashonda 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 36 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.
Ashonda at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1974
- Peak year (1975)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
36 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 11 births in a single year.
Ashonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 24 births that decade — 67% of Ashonda's all-time total
Ashonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ashonda's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1974–1997 (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.