Shanda

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558

Peak · girls
1974 · 387 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,997
since 1946

Shanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shanda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #465, 1974girls
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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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2014#14,5586
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2011#13,3477
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2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007#10,12911
2006#7,86815
2005#10,12810
2004#5,37723
2003#11,3258
2002#5,89719
2001#6,95615
2000#3,66435
1999#4,44525
1998#2,57053
1997#2,87442
1996#2,63047
1995#2,30957
1994#1,57497
1993#1,451110
1992#1,57598
1991#1,395115
1990#1,318123
1989#1,157142
1988#1,020159
1987#829210
1986#778218
1985#785213
1984#758213
1983#758213
1982#728236
1981#652271
1980#605303
1979#560328
1978#506373
1977#503370
1976#502356
1975#496361
1974#465387
1973#477376
1972#547305
1971#538340
1970#621274
1969#643238
1968#883136
1967#826147
1966#944116
1965#915121
1964#1,10398
1963#1,12694
1962#1,38364
1961#1,38765
1960#1,61748
1959#1,82037
1958#1,54248
1957#1,21176
1956#2,15126
1955#2,22224
1954#2,29522
1953#4,5957
1952#3,7969
1951#4,8336
1950#3,23511
1949#4,2357
1948#3,5939
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1946#3,21710
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Shanda! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shanda is popular in 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #859 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,208 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMINew York: #1,165 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,927 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedINOhio: #629 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,273 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #617 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,090 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #819 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 9,559 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #589 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,702 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedARTennessee: #546 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,983 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #541 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,629 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedALGeorgia: #465 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,098 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedHITexas: #796 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,358 girlsTXFlorida: #497 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,141 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#465 · 1 in 4,098
  2. Florida#497 · 1 in 4,141
  3. North Carolina#541 · 1 in 5,629
  4. Tennessee#546 · 1 in 5,983
  5. Missouri#589 · 1 in 6,702

Best ever in a state: #189 in North Dakota, 1985.

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Georgia#46591 in 4,098
Florida#497101 in 4,141
North Carolina#54171 in 5,629
Tennessee#54651 in 5,983
Missouri#58951 in 6,702
New Jersey#61771 in 7,090
Ohio#629101 in 8,273
Texas#796111 in 8,358
California#819161 in 9,559
Illinois#85971 in 12,208
New York#1,16571 in 19,927
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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 Shanda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1969 (#883 → #643)
  • Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1988 (#829 → #1,020)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1974 at #465 (387 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1965–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,792
  • Highest: 1 in 3,792 girls born in 1974 were named Shanda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 43.4% of all girls named Shanda (3,470) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s26#3,217 (1946)#3,682
1950s266#1,211 (1957)#2,770
1960s1,127#643 (1969)#1,083
1970s3,470#465 (1974)#522
1980s2,178#605 (1980)#807
1990s767#1,318 (1990)#2,214
2000s150#3,664 (2000)#9,024
2010s13#13,347 (2011)#13,953

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.

Shanda in 1967

girls
#826
147 births · 1 in 11,231 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #826Shanda147
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 11,231 of them was named Shanda, which outranked 89.5% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanda
  1. #820Nichole148
  2. #820Rosanna148
  3. #820Stacia148
  4. #826Shanda147
  5. #826Bettina147
  6. #826Jaime147
  7. #826Lupe147
  8. #833Candi145
  9. #833Chrystal145
  10. #833Dominique145

Tied with 6 names at #826; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →