Name Legacy

Lashanta

Recorded 1971–2005 · United States

Lashanta was most popular in 1979, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,121 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 509 people named Lashanta.

Most popular in1979
Rank that year#4,121
Births that year34
Total since 1880509
Given to100% girls

Lashanta over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Lashanta’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lashanta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lashanta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 509 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org