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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shonna

Shonna was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 781st with 194 babies. More babies were named Shonna 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
1977194 babies
Total since 1880
3,089babies recorded

Shonna 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#14,7387
2000#9,77910
1990#2,48849
1980#1,31697
1970#785180
1960#1,95035
1950#4,6847
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shonna, counting every spelling?

Shonna has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shonna?

About 2,900 people born in the US named Shonna are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 44 and 56. That makes Shonna 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.

Shonna by state

How common Shonna was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (1.9×). In 29 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: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWA0.10Idaho: 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: 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: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIA0.13Indiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIN0.09Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesCA0.10Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesKY0.17West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: 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: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAR0.20Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOK0.13Louisiana: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesLA0.13Mississippi: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMS0.13Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shonna, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shonna

How popular is the name Shonna?

Shonna was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 781st with 194 babies. More babies were named Shonna in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shonna a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,089 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shonna most popular?

In 1975–1979, Shonna was most common in Arkansas (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Iowa.