Girls' name · since 1965
Lashana
1,061 babies named Lashana in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,061
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lashana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,061 recorded since 1965.
Lashana has 1,061 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2003.
- #7,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,061 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashana ranks #7,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,061 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,061
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lashana's 1,061 recorded births place it above 90.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Lashana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lashana's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 75, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lashana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2003
- Peak year (1979)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Lashana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (441 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Lashana's strongest decade.
441 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Lashana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
394 births
- 1980s
1980s
441 births
- 1990s
1990s
183 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 441 births (42% of all-time use).
How Lashana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lashana's total volume
Lashana by state
Where Lashana concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 60 | 5.7% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 22 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.9% |
60 of 1,061 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Lashana appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- Lashana's decade-level peak was the 1980s (441 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lashanas (60 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lashana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1965–2003 (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 Lashana 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.