Girls' name · since 1978
Dashona
34 babies named Dashona in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1978.
Dashona has 34 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2006.
- #39,439 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashona ranks #39,439 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashona's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dashona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dashona's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dashona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Dashona by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Dashona's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Dashona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Dashona's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2000s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dashona: 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 (~28 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, 1978–2006 (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 Dashona 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.