Shawanda
Shawanda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 810th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1977186 births
- Best rank
- #810in 1977
- Since 1960
- 2,853people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,853 girls have been named Shawanda in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 186 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 186 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 45%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Shawanda was the 810th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Shawanda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shawannapeak 1977
- Shalandapeak 1977
- Roshandapeak 1979
- Shawanapeak 1977
- Lashandapeak 1980
- Shontapeak 1977
- Latashiapeak 1977
- Latoshapeak 1979
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.