Recorded 1973–1992 Girls' name Peak 1981 35 births

Nashanda — girls' name

35 babies named Nashanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s181990s10
1980s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Nashanda was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

8 babies were named Nashanda in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nashanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Nashanda between 1973 and 1992, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nashanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nashanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nashanda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nashanda 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 35 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.

Nashanda at a glance

Last recorded 1992

Total births

35

Since 1973

20 years of records

Peak year

1981

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1992

Active since

1973

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 1992

Nashanda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1973

Last recorded 1992
Peak year (1981)
8
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
456789 199219911987198119801973 7

Nashanda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
18 births that decade — 51% of Nashanda's all-time total
1970s71980s181990s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nashanda?
35 babies have been named Nashanda since 1973. It was last recorded in 1992. The peak year was 1981 with 8 births.
When was Nashanda most popular?
Nashanda was most popular in the 1980s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Nashanda been used?
Nashanda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 20 years of data through 1992.
What names are similar to Nashanda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nasya, Nastassia, Nashla, Nashly, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1973–1992 (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.