Lashanta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lashanta

The Social Security Administration has registered 509 babies named Lashanta between 1971 and 2005, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lashanta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lashanta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lashanta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lashanta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lashanta 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 509 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.