Girls' name · since 1991
Dashara
35 babies named Dashara in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
35 girls have been named Dashara since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dashara has 35 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2006.
- #39,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashara ranks #39,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashara's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dashara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dashara splits its recorded history at 1997: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dashara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2006
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Dashara by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Dashara's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Dashara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (83% of all-time use).
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- Dashara's decade-level peak was the 1990s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Dashara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1991–2006 (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 Dashara 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.