Girls' name · since 1977
Rashona
22 babies named Rashona in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Rashona since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rashona has 22 recorded births among girls since 1977, 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 1977 to 1995.
- #44,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rashona ranks #44,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #44,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rashona's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rashona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rashona splits its recorded history at 1988: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rashona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1995
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rashona by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Rashona's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Rashona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Rashona's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Rashona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1977–1995 (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 Rashona 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.