Boys' name · since 1979
Tashon
Tashon has 340 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,915 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tashon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 340 recorded since 1979.
Tashon has 340 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2022.
- #9,915 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 340 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tashon ranks #9,915 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 340 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,915 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tashon's 340 recorded births place it above 78.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Tashon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tashon's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tashon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2022
- Peak year (2002)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Tashon popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 1973 (Tashon as girls' name)
Tashon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (146 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Tashon's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tashon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
146 births
- 2010s 52
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 146 births (43% of all-time use).
Tashon by state
Where Tashon concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 340 births nationwide.
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- Tashon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Tashons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tashon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1979–2022 (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 Tashon 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.