Tasheena
Feminine
Tasheena attaches a prefix to a borrowed name, and the borrowed name is itself an English respelling of a Gaelic one — two layers of borrowing before the prefix is added.
How old is the name Tasheena?
Tasheena first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Tasheena alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 800 people named Tasheena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tasheena most popular?
Tasheena peaked in 1985, reaching #1833 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tasheena
Sheena is not a word. It is how English speakers wrote a Gaelic name they could hear and not spell — the Scottish and Irish form of Jane, whose own spelling in Gaelic looks nothing like its sound to an English eye. Once that phonetic version existed it became a name in its own right in English-speaking countries, entirely detached from the original, and then a piece available for building with. So the back half of this name has been through two complete changes of ownership before it arrives, and the child carrying it is three removes from a Gaelic name that is itself a borrowing of a French one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The back half is an anglicized spelling of a Scottish and Irish name that is itself the local form of Jane. The front is an American prefix. Neither piece carries a meaning into the compound.
Pronouncing Tasheena
tuh-SHEE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Nicknames for Tasheena
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
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 198561 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1833reached in 1985
- Change vs 2006
- 0.0%5 in 2013, 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.
Tasheena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sìne in Scottish Gaelic — related form
Tasheenas among us
people named Tasheena 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
Tasheena 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
- It is read correctly on sight and contains nothing difficult.
- The middle stress carries well and resists clipping.
- It shortens to a name that stands alone.
- Tashina, Tasheena and Tashena are all in the record nearby.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular decade.
- Neither half carries a meaning into the compound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tasheenas 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 Tasheena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tasheena in 2025?
- Tasheena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tasheena with classmates?
- Tasheena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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