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Shaunda

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Shaunda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1978104 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1957
1,623people given the name
Babies named Shaunda, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,623 girls have been named Shaunda in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 104 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 104 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 45%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shaunda
1950s10
1960s220
1970s724
1980s526
1990s124
2000s19

In 1978, its biggest year

Shaunda was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.

Names that rose and fell with Shaunda

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.