Shawanda

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636

Peak · girls
1977 · 186 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,853
since 1960

Shawanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shawanda has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #806, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#17,6365
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2004#16,0995
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2001#15,3525
2000#8,02712
1999#10,3458
1998#9,2609
1997#5,62617
1996#4,18425
1995#4,34823
1994#3,79028
1993#3,15836
1992#2,15662
1991#1,76681
1990#1,98968
1989#1,98164
1988#1,89165
1987#1,57080
1986#1,52680
1985#1,259108
1984#1,47578
1983#1,194108
1982#1,193114
1981#971151
1980#966153
1979#841185
1978#836177
1977#806186
1976#844162
1975#926139
1974#1,054112
1973#1,109101
1972#1,22686
1971#1,45671
1970#1,58460
1969#1,60955
1968#2,02435
1967#2,37626
1966#2,35726
1965#3,73312
1964#3,10817
1963#6,5925
1962#5,2937
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Shawanda! It came in at #5,696, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shawanda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1975 (#1,054#926)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1982 (#971#1,193)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1977 at #806 (186 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1975–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,243
  • Highest: 1 in 8,243 girls born in 1977 were named Shawanda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Shawanda (1,279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s189#1,609 (1969)#3,643
1970s1,279#806 (1977)#1,068
1980s1,001#966 (1980)#1,403
1990s357#1,766 (1991)#4,662
2000s27#8,027 (2000)#14,279

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shawanda in 1971

girls
#1,456
71 births · 1 in 23,434 girls

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,456Shawanda71
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 23,434 of them was named Shawanda, which outranked 84.9% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shawanda
  1. #1,445Penni72
  2. #1,445Pia72
  3. #1,445Vickey72
  4. #1,456Shawanda71
  5. #1,456Dacia71
  6. #1,456Erinn71
  7. #1,456Karolyn71
  8. #1,467Aurelia70
  9. #1,467Daniele70
  10. #1,467Emilie70

Tied with 10 names at #1,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971