Girls' name · since 1973
Nashanda
Nashanda has 35 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nashanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 35 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashanda has been recorded 35 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1992.
- #39,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashanda ranks #39,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #39,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nashanda's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nashanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nashanda splits its recorded history at 1987: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nashanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1992
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Nashanda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Nashanda's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Nashanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Nashanda's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~19 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, 1973–1992 (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 Nashanda 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.