Girls' name · since 1972
Tashanda
Tashanda has 209 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tashanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 209 recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Tashanda recorded 209 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1991.
- #19,391 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 209 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tashanda ranks #19,391 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 209 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tashanda's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tashanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tashanda splits its recorded history at 1982: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tashanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1991
- Peak year (1978)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Tashanda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (101 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Tashanda's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Tashanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
86 births
- 1980s
1980s
101 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 101 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Tashanda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tashanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1972–1991 (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 Tashanda 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.