Yasheka — girls' name
87 babies named Yasheka in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Yasheka was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Yasheka in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yasheka
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Yasheka between 1974 and 1988, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yasheka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yasheka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yasheka shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yasheka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yasheka 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 87 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.
Yasheka at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yasheka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1974
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
87 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Yasheka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 52 births that decade — 60% of Yasheka's all-time total
Yasheka decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Yasheka's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Yasheka by state
Where Yasheka concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 5.7% |
5 of 87 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 5.7% 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, 1974–1988 (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.