Unisex name · since 2008
Tinashe
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Tinashe, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Tinashe since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tinashe has 18 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2017.
- #47,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tinashe ranks #47,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tinashe's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tinashe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tinashe's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tinashe popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2017
- Peak year (2015)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Tinashe popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Tinashe as boys' name)
Tinashe by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Tinashe's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Tinashe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tinashe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2008–2017 (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 Tinashe 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.