Rashanda — girls' name
695 babies named Rashanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Rashanda was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Rashanda in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 695 babies named Rashanda between 1971 and 2001, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rashanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashanda in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashanda 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 695 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.
Rashanda at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rashanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1971
- Peak year (1982)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
695 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 44 births in a single year.
Rashanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 324 births that decade — 47% of Rashanda's all-time total
Rashanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 324 births
- Runner-up 213 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rashanda's strongest decade
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.6% of nationwide
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–2001 (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.