Kashana — girls' name
172 babies named Kashana in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
172 girls have been named Kashana since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 172
- total births
- 1973–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Kashana was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kashana in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kashana
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Kashana between 1973 and 1996, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kashana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kashana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kashana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kashana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kashana 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 172 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.
Kashana at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kashana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1973
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
172 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 16 births in a single year.
Kashana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 72 births that decade — 42% of Kashana's all-time total
Kashana decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kashana's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kashana by state
Where Kashana concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.5% |
6 of 172 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–1996 (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.