Recorded 1972–2007 Girls' name Peak 1979 438 births

Tashanna — girls' name

438 babies named Tashanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s861980s1531990s1482000s51
1980s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Tashanna was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

26 babies were named Tashanna in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tashanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 438 babies named Tashanna between 1972 and 2007, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tashanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tashanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tashanna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tashanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tashanna 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 438 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.

Tashanna at a glance

Last recorded 2007

Total births

438

Since 1972

36 years of records

Peak year

1979

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1972

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2007

Tashanna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1972

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (1979)
26
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
051015202530 20072001199619911986198119761972 5

Tashanna by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
153 births that decade — 35% of Tashanna's all-time total
1970s861980s1531990s1482000s51

Tashanna by state

Where Tashanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1972

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tashanna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
16 3.7%
New York share of Tashanna's total US births 3.7%

16 of 438 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tashanna?
438 babies have been named Tashanna since 1972. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1979 with 26 births.
When was Tashanna most popular?
Tashanna was most popular in the 1980s decade with 153 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Tashanna most popular?
The top states for the name Tashanna are New York (16 births).
How long has the name Tashanna been used?
Tashanna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1972, spanning 36 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Tashanna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tasha, Tasia, Tashia, Tashina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1972–2007 (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.