Lashunda — girls' name
2,270 babies named Lashunda in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Lashunda was born in this single decade.
148 babies were named Lashunda in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lashunda
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,270 babies named Lashunda between 1965 and 2009, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lashunda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 148 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lashunda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lashunda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Lashunda in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lashunda 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 2,270 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.
Lashunda at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lashunda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1965
- Peak year (1977)
- 148
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
2,270 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 148 births in a single year.
Lashunda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,111 births that decade — 49% of Lashunda's all-time total
Lashunda decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,111 births
- Runner-up 872 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lashunda's strongest decade
1,111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Lashunda by state
Where Lashunda concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 301 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 240 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 181 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 176 | 7.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 173 | 7.6% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 133 | 5.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 113 | 5.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 98 | 4.3% |
301 of 2,270 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.3% of nationwide
- Mississippi 10.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 8.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 7.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lashunda appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.