Girls' name · since 1972
Lashika
169 babies named Lashika in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
169 girls have been named Lashika since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lashika has 169 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 2024.
- #21,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 169 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lashika ranks #21,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lashika's 169 recorded births place it above 70.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lashika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lashika's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lashika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (1980)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Lashika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (97 births, 57% of the file).
1980s was Lashika's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Lashika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 97 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Lashika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 13 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 Lashika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1972–2024 (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 Lashika 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.