Mashanda
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km2.
Meaning & Origin of Mashanda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km2.
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The Story of Mashanda
The earliest SSA record of Mashanda as a baby girl name dates back to 1968, when 5 babies received it. 1975 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Mashanda — #4,854 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Mashanda on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Mashanda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1985, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mashanda
Mashanda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Mashanda's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #4,854. Use the chart and map above to compare Mashanda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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