Girls' name · since 1971
Rashanda
Rashanda has 695 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rashanda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 695 have been recorded since 1971.
Rashanda has 695 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1971 to 2001.
- #9,563 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 695 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rashanda ranks #9,563 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 695 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rashanda's 695 recorded births place it above 86.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Rashanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rashanda splits its recorded history at 1985: 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 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rashanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2001
- Peak year (1982)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Rashanda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (324 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Rashanda's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Rashanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
213 births
- 1980s
1980s
324 births
- 1990s
1990s
151 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 324 births (47% of all-time use).
How Rashanda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rashanda's total volume
Rashanda by state
Where Rashanda concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #2 | California | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
11 of 695 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Rashanda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (324 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Rashandas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Rashanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1971–2001 (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 Rashanda 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.