Girls' name · since 1972
Tashunda
Tashunda has 58 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,364 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
58 girls have been named Tashunda since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tashunda has 58 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1985.
- #33,364 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tashunda ranks #33,364 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,364 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tashunda's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tashunda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tashunda's full recorded timeline at 1979, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tashunda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1985
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Tashunda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (39 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Tashunda's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Tashunda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 39 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Tashunda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1980s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tashunda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1972–1985 (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 Tashunda 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.