Girls' name · since 1978
Nashia
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 188 babies named Nashia, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
188 girls have been named Nashia since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Nashia recorded 188 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2009.
- #20,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 188 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashia ranks #20,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nashia's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nashia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nashia's full recorded timeline at 1997, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nashia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2009
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2009.
188 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 16 births in a single year.
Nashia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Nashia's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Nashia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (50% of all-time use).
Nashia decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nashia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1978–2009 (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 Nashia 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.
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