Girls' name · since 1981
Lashaya
273 babies named Lashaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
273 girls have been named Lashaya since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashaya has been recorded 273 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2015.
- #16,735 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 273 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashaya ranks #16,735 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 273 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lashaya's 273 recorded births place it above 76.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lashaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lashaya's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lashaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2015
- Peak year (1990)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Lashaya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (113 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Lashaya's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Lashaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
113 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 113 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Lashaya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Lashaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
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, 1981–2015 (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 Lashaya 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.