Girls' name · since 1977
Lashayla
Lashayla has 480 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 480
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
480 girls have been named Lashayla since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lashayla has 480 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2020.
- #12,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 480 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashayla ranks #12,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 480 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 480
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lashayla's 480 recorded births place it above 83.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lashayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lashayla's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lashayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2020
- Peak year (1999)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Lashayla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (162 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Lashayla's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Lashayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
123 births
- 1990s
1990s
162 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 162 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Lashayla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (162 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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 Lashayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1977–2020 (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 Lashayla 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.