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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shawnda

Shawnda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 871st with 154 babies. More babies were named Shawnda 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
1975154 babies
Total since 1880
2,538babies recorded

Shawnda 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#11,6248
1990#2,73243
1980#1,44785
1970#969131
1960#4,12811
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shawnda, counting every spelling?

Shawnda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shawnda?

About 2,400 people born in the US named Shawnda are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 43 and 54. That makes Shawnda 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.

Shawnda by state

How common Shawnda was among girls born in each state in 1973–1977, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (3.1×), Oklahoma (2.9×), Ohio (2.6×). In 34 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIN0.08Ohio: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesOH0.24Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesKY0.28West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesOK0.26Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTX0.12Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shawnda, girls, 1973–1977. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shawnda

How popular is the name Shawnda?

Shawnda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 871st with 154 babies. More babies were named Shawnda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shawnda a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,538 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shawnda most popular?

In 1973–1977, Shawnda was most common in Kentucky (0.28 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Ohio.