Tasheema — girls' name
126 babies named Tasheema in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Tasheema was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Tasheema in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tasheema
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Tasheema between 1974 and 1996, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tasheema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tasheema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tasheema shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tasheema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tasheema 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 126 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.
Tasheema at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tasheema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1974
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
126 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 13 births in a single year.
Tasheema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 54 births that decade — 43% of Tasheema's all-time total
Tasheema decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tasheema's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Tasheema by state
Where Tasheema concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 17.5% |
22 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–1996 (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.