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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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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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 1973

  • 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: #209 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 808 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #299 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,278 girlsMNIllinois: #851 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,777 girlsILWisconsin: #484 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,375 girlsWIMichigan: #640 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,542 girlsMINew York: #703 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,459 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: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsIAIndiana: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,909 girlsINOhio: #373 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,927 girlsOHPennsylvania: #927 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,511 girlsPANew Jersey: #689 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,365 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #595 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 4,510 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedUTColorado: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,236 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #438 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,644 girlsMOKentucky: #290 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,784 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #397 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,119 girlsVAMaryland: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #261 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,330 girlsKSArkansas: #319 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,780 girlsARTennessee: #318 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,960 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #435 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,487 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #333 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #210 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 961 girlsOKLouisiana: #277 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,352 girlsLAMississippi: #296 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,641 girlsMSAlabama: #364 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,297 girlsALGeorgia: #370 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedHITexas: #444 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,621 girlsTXFlorida: #403 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,526 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#209 · 1 in 808
  2. Oklahoma#210 · 1 in 961
  3. Kansas#261 · 1 in 1,330
  4. Louisiana#277 · 1 in 1,352
  5. Kentucky#290 · 1 in 1,784

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#20961 in 808
Oklahoma#210161 in 961
Kansas#26191 in 1,330
Louisiana#277191 in 1,352
Kentucky#290131 in 1,784
Mississippi#296101 in 1,641
Minnesota#299101 in 2,278
Tennessee#318141 in 1,960
Arkansas#31971 in 1,780
South Carolina#33391 in 2,042
Iowa#33561 in 2,716
Alabama#364101 in 2,297
Georgia#370141 in 2,433
Ohio#373241 in 2,927
Colorado#38671 in 2,236
Virginia#39791 in 3,119
Florida#403171 in 2,526
Maryland#42961 in 3,135
North Carolina#435101 in 3,487
Missouri#43881 in 3,644
Texas#444361 in 2,621
Wisconsin#48451 in 5,375
Indiana#56661 in 5,909
California#595291 in 4,510
Michigan#64091 in 6,542
New Jersey#68961 in 6,365
New York#703161 in 6,459
Illinois#85181 in 8,777
Pennsylvania#92751 in 13,511
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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 1973

girls
#477
376 births · 1 in 3,878 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #477Shanda376
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 3,878 of them was named Shanda, which outranked 95.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanda
  1. #474Georgia382
  2. #475Chrystal378
  3. #475Karyn378
  4. #477Shanda376
  5. #478Hilary375
  6. #478Lakisha375
  7. #480Elisabeth373
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →