Shasha — girls' name
209 babies named Shasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
209 girls have been named Shasha since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2006.
- 209
- total births
- 1972–2006
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shasha was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Shasha in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Shasha between 1972 and 2006, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shasha 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 209 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.
Shasha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1972
- Peak year (1988)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
209 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 20 births in a single year.
Shasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 105 births that decade — 50% of Shasha's all-time total
Shasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shasha's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–2006 (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.