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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shona

Shona was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 847th with 160 babies. More babies were named Shona in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1970160 babies
Total since 1880
2,414babies recorded

Shona 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#7,11315
1990#3,50731
1980#1,39390
1970#847160
1960#2,50124
1950#5,2236
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shona, counting every spelling?

Shona has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shona?

About 2,200 people born in the US named Shona are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 44 and 57. That makes Shona 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.

Shona by state

How common Shona was among girls born in each state in 1968–1972, around its peak. In 32 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: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIN0.07Ohio: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOH0.06Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.04Connecticut: 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: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesSC0.05District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesLA0.08Mississippi: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMS0.08Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesGA0.09Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shona, girls, 1968–1972. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shona

How popular is the name Shona?

Shona was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 847th with 160 babies. More babies were named Shona in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shona a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shona in the US.

Where was Shona most popular?

In 1968–1972, Shona was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Louisiana.