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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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
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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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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 1968

  • 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: #809 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,459 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #724 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,922 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: #639 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,959 girlsINOhio: #630 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,261 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,443 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 21,972 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedUTColorado: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,593 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMOKentucky: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsKYWest 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: #390 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,761 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #656 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,856 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: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,060 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMSAlabama: #569 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,221 girlsALGeorgia: #563 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,380 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedHITexas: #810 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,539 girlsTXFlorida: #551 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,694 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#390 · 1 in 2,761
  2. Colorado#394 · 1 in 2,593
  3. Kentucky#482 · 1 in 4,791
  4. Florida#551 · 1 in 4,694
  5. Georgia#563 · 1 in 5,380

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#39051 in 2,761
Colorado#39461 in 2,593
Kentucky#48251 in 4,791
Florida#55191 in 4,694
Georgia#56371 in 5,380
Alabama#56951 in 5,221
Ohio#630101 in 8,261
Indiana#63951 in 7,959
North Carolina#65651 in 7,856
Louisiana#67051 in 6,060
Michigan#72471 in 9,922
Illinois#80981 in 10,459
Texas#810111 in 8,539
California#1,44371 in 21,972
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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 1968

girls
#883
136 births · 1 in 12,062 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #883Shanda136
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 12,062 of them was named Shanda, which outranked 89.2% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanda
  1. #879Dominique137
  2. #879Glenna137
  3. #879Jolie137
  4. #883Shanda136
  5. #883Andra136
  6. #883Collette136
  7. #883Edwina136
  8. #887Abby134
  9. #887Alyson134
  10. #887Inez134

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →