Shonda
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 468 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,444since 1954
Shonda over time
Rank among girls' names. Shonda has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 |
| 1990 | #2,011 | 67 |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 |
| 1986 | #1,299 | 103 |
| 1985 | #1,128 | 128 |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 |
| 1983 | #886 | 171 |
| 1982 | #846 | 184 |
| 1981 | #785 | 207 |
| 1980 | #713 | 235 |
| 1979 | #644 | 270 |
| 1978 | #567 | 306 |
| 1977 | #557 | 315 |
| 1976 | #458 | 420 |
| 1975 | #447 | 441 |
| 1974 | #440 | 440 |
| 1973 | #418 | 468 |
| 1972 | #438 | 438 |
| 1971 | #445 | 466 |
| 1970 | #432 | 510 |
| 1969 | #482 | 402 |
| 1968 | #656 | 219 |
| 1967 | #730 | 180 |
| 1966 | #778 | 159 |
| 1965 | #944 | 117 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 |
| 1963 | #1,271 | 75 |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shonda! It came in at #4,655, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shonda is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#293 · 1 in 1,751
- South Carolina#338 · 1 in 2,019
- Mississippi#451 · 1 in 2,660
- Kentucky#481 · 1 in 4,177
- North Carolina#609 · 1 in 5,323
Best ever in a state: #146 in Mississippi, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #293 | 7 | 1 in 1,751 |
| South Carolina | #338 | 9 | 1 in 2,019 |
| Mississippi | #451 | 5 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Kentucky | #481 | 5 | 1 in 4,177 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 7 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Georgia | #739 | 6 | 1 in 6,532 |
| Ohio | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 13,541 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,083 | 5 | 1 in 13,844 |
| Texas | #1,281 | 9 | 1 in 14,319 |
| Illinois | #1,286 | 5 | 1 in 14,516 |
| New York | #1,783 | 5 | 1 in 22,373 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shonda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1969 (#656 → #482)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1985 (#988 → #1,128)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1973 at #418 (468 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1965–1984
- Highest: 1 in 3,116 girls born in 1973 were named Shonda (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 54.7% of all girls named Shonda (4,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 111 | #2,067 (1957) | #3,020 |
| 1960s | 1,390 | #482 (1969) | #1,093 |
| 1970s | 4,074 | #418 (1973) | #485 |
| 1980s | 1,440 | #713 (1980) | #1,133 |
| 1990s | 369 | #2,011 (1990) | #3,832 |
| 2000s | 60 | #6,487 (2000) | #13,499 |
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.
Shonda in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 15,663 of them was named Shonda, which outranked 90.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,257Renita112
- #1,257Salena112
- #1,257Sherika112
- #1,267Shonda111
- #1,267Alesia111
- #1,267Jason111
- #1,267Kierra111
- #1,274Bryanna110
- #1,274Danika110
- #1,274Destinee110
Tied with 6 names at #1,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.