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Girl name

Lashanta

100% girls · last recorded 2005

Lashanta has been given to about 509 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1979, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 492
Median age today44 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lashanta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1979 · 34
  • Born in 20250
  • All time509

How popular is Lashanta?

Its best year was 1979, when 34 babies were given the name, ranking 2647th. The typical living American called Lashanta is about 44 years old today.

Names that sound like Lashanta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lashanda0.85
  2. Shanta0.76
  3. Lashonda0.70
  4. Santa0.67
  5. Shasta0.67
  6. Lawanda0.66
  7. Latanya0.66
  8. Latasha0.56

Middle names for Lashanta

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lashanta Rose0.85
  2. Lashanta June0.84
  3. Lashanta Pearl0.84
  4. Lashanta Quinn0.84
  5. Lashanta Nell0.84
  6. Lashanta Wren0.83

Sibling names for Lashanta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.65
  2. Meredithsister · 0.65
  3. Aprilsister · 0.63
  4. Jamieeither · 0.62
  5. Jeremybrother · 0.62
  6. Kareembrother · 0.61

Where Lashanta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lashanta White0.80
    2. Lashanta Reyes0.80
    3. Lashanta Nguyen0.80
    4. Lashanta Moore0.80
    5. Lashanta Hill0.80
    6. Lashanta Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Lashanta

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.