Tashana
Feminine
Tashana has three syllables, which is not an accident — built American names settle on three far more often than on two or four, because three is the comfortable length for a name in English.
How old is the name Tashana?
Tashana first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Tashana alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 800 people named Tashana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tashana most popular?
Tashana peaked in 1977, reaching #2423 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tashana
Count the syllables in the American names invented since the war and the distribution is striking: a very few of one, plenty of two, an enormous number of three, and almost nothing longer. Three is what English does comfortably — it allows a strong stress in the middle with a light syllable on either side, which is the rhythm of an enormous number of ordinary English words, and it is long enough to sound like a formal name and short enough to survive a classroom. Built names are not random. They are tuned to the rhythm the language already has, which is why they sound like names to people who have never met them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source. The parts were chosen for rhythm rather than for sense, and the Hebrew word this name resembles is a separate thing with no connection to it. Nothing here can be translated.
Pronouncing Tashana
tuh-SHAH-nuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The first syllable is barely voiced.
Nicknames for Tashana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 198337 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2423reached in 1977
- Change vs 2007
- 0.0%5 in 2009, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tashanas among us
people named Tashana are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tashana sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The rhythm is the standard English one, which is why it sounds familiar.
- It is read correctly on sight.
- It shortens cleanly to a name that stands alone.
- Tashawna, Tashanna and Tashona are all in the record nearby.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular decade.
- There is no meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tashanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Tashana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tashana in 2025?
- Tashana is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tashana with classmates?
- Tashana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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