Girls' name · since 1971
Lashanta
Lashanta has 509 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 509
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
509 girls have been named Lashanta since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lashanta has 509 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2005.
- #11,717 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 509 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashanta ranks #11,717 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 509 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 509
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lashanta's 509 recorded births place it above 83.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Lashanta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lashanta splits its recorded history at 1986: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lashanta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2005
- Peak year (1979)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Lashanta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (217 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Lashanta's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lashanta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
189 births
- 1980s
1980s
217 births
- 1990s 81
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 217 births (43% of all-time use).
How Lashanta 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 Lashanta's total volume
Lashanta by state
Where Lashanta concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
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What to do with Lashanta's data
- Lashanta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (217 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Lashantas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana 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 Lashanta: 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 (~34 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, 1971–2005 (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 Lashanta 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.