Girls' name · since 1973
Kashonda
Kashonda has 148 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
148 girls have been named Kashonda since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kashonda recorded 148 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1993.
- #22,910 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashonda ranks #22,910 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kashonda's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kashonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kashonda's full recorded timeline at 1982, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kashonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1993
- Peak year (1977)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kashonda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (66 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Kashonda's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kashonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kashonda's data
- Kashonda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 1990s -- 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 Kashonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1973–1993 (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 Kashonda 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.