Lashanda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-SHAN-da
- Origin
- Modern
Lashanda is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lashanda mean?
Modern: La- prefix + Shanda
One of many names coined in African American communities in the mid 20th century using the La- prefix.
Is Lashanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Lashanda is a girls' name.
How popular is Lashanda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 291 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Lashanda in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lashanda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 106 | #1,464 |
| 1989 | 131 | #1,222 |
| 1988 | 137 | #1,117 |
| 1987 | 129 | #1,145 |
| 1986 | 138 | #1,084 |
| 1985 | 153 | #998 |
| 1984 | 171 | #880 |
| 1983 | 221 | #738 |
| 1982 | 237 | #727 |
| 1981 | 257 | #675 |
| 1980 | 291 | #626 |
| 1979 | 277 | #628 |
| 1978 | 285 | #597 |
| 1977 | 280 | #605 |
| 1976 | 289 | #570 |
| 1975 | 240 | #639 |
| 1974 | 209 | #701 |
| 1973 | 212 | #702 |
| 1972 | 151 | #855 |
| 1971 | 131 | #967 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 67 | #1,423 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,909 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
Names like Lashanda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Aviva, Sasha, Radhika, Anika, Krisha, Anisha, Asha, Priya, Nyava, Saanvika, Alisha
Names related to Lashanda
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lashanda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lashanda, updated 20 October 2026.