Unisex name · since 1975
Tashan
Tashan has 123 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 123
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tashan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 123 have been recorded since 1975.
Tashan has 123 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2011.
- #16,079 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 123 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tashan ranks #16,079 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 123 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,079 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 123
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tashan's 123 recorded births place it above 64.63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tashan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tashan's full recorded timeline at 1993, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tashan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2011
- Peak year (1990)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Tashan popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1975 (Tashan as girls' name)
Tashan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 68% of the file).
1990s was Tashan's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Tashan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (68% of all-time use).
Tashan by state
Where Tashan concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
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- Tashan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tashans (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tashan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1975–2011 (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 Tashan 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.