Girls' name · since 1976
Nashira
306 babies named Nashira in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nashira currently ranks #9013 among girls' names in America, with 306 babies recorded since 1976.
Nashira has 306 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9013 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, 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 1976 to 2025.
- #15,738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,013 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashira ranks #15,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,013 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 306 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nashira's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nashira compares
306 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nashira's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nashira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nashira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nashira splits its recorded history at 1998: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nashira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1983)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Nashira by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (83 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Nashira's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Nashira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 83 births (27% of all-time use).
Nashira by state
Where Nashira concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.3% |
10 of 306 births nationwide.
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What to do with Nashira's data
- Nashira's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nashiras (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nashira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Nashira 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.