Girls' name · since 1971
Tashona
188 babies named Tashona in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tashona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 188 have been recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Tashona recorded 188 times among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2006.
- #20,475 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 188 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tashona ranks #20,475 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tashona's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tashona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tashona's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tashona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2006
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Tashona by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (70 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Tashona's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Tashona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 70 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Tashona's decade-level peak was the 1980s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Tashona: 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 (~35 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, 1971–2006 (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 Tashona 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.