Lashala — girls' name
56 babies named Lashala in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Lashala was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lashala in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lashala
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Lashala between 1984 and 2000, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lashala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lashala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lashala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lashala 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 56 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.
Lashala at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lashala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1984
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
56 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 9 births in a single year.
Lashala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 29 births that decade — 52% of Lashala's all-time total
Lashala decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lashala's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1984–2000 (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.