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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shawanda

Shawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 810th with 186 babies. More babies were named Shawanda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1977186 babies
Total since 1880
2,853babies recorded

Shawanda popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#8,46712
1990#2,00868
1980#975153
1970#1,59660
1960#6,2786
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shawanda, counting every spelling?

Shawanda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shawanda?

About 2,700 people born in the US named Shawanda are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 41 and 51. That makes Shawanda mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shawanda by state

How common Shawanda was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (11.7×), Louisiana (7.5×), Georgia (5.8×), Alabama (5.1×), Virginia (3.1×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIL0.13Michigan: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMI0.05New York: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNY0.11Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesVA0.35Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesTN0.28North Carolina: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNC0.21South Carolina: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesSC0.33District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesLA0.84Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesMS1.3Alabama: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesAL0.57Georgia: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesGA0.65Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesFL0.27
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shawanda, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shawanda

How popular is the name Shawanda?

Shawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 810th with 186 babies. More babies were named Shawanda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shawanda a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,853 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shawanda most popular?

In 1975–1979, Shawanda was most common in Mississippi (1.30 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Georgia.