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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • 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: #377 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,400 girlsMNIllinois: #596 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,980 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #415 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,354 girlsMINew York: #979 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,315 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: #391 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,367 girlsIAIndiana: #433 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,491 girlsINOhio: #403 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,339 girlsOHPennsylvania: #559 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,571 girlsPANew Jersey: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,268 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #636 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,879 girlsCAUtah: #328 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsUTColorado: #332 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,959 girlsCONebraska: #303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,884 girlsNEMissouri: #398 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,967 girlsMOKentucky: #332 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,278 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #300 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsVAMaryland: 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: #372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,409 girlsKSArkansas: #404 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,562 girlsARTennessee: #292 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #260 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,471 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #278 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,440 girlsOKLouisiana: #404 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,257 girlsLAMississippi: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,214 girlsMSAlabama: #258 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,326 girlsALGeorgia: #282 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,571 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shanda, so not publishedHITexas: #497 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,291 girlsTXFlorida: #508 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,642 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#258 · 1 in 1,326
  2. North Carolina#260 · 1 in 1,471
  3. Oklahoma#278 · 1 in 1,440
  4. Georgia#282 · 1 in 1,571
  5. Tennessee#292 · 1 in 1,718

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#258171 in 1,326
North Carolina#260231 in 1,471
Oklahoma#278111 in 1,440
Georgia#282211 in 1,571
Tennessee#292161 in 1,718
Virginia#300151 in 1,850
Nebraska#30351 in 1,884
Utah#32861 in 1,953
Colorado#33281 in 1,959
Kentucky#332101 in 2,278
Kansas#37251 in 2,409
Minnesota#37771 in 3,400
Iowa#39151 in 3,367
Missouri#398101 in 2,967
Ohio#403211 in 3,339
Arkansas#40451 in 2,562
Louisiana#404111 in 2,257
Michigan#415171 in 3,354
Indiana#433101 in 3,491
Mississippi#48651 in 3,214
Texas#497291 in 3,291
Florida#508121 in 3,642
Pennsylvania#559121 in 5,571
Illinois#596141 in 4,980
California#636281 in 4,879
New Jersey#68161 in 6,268
New York#979101 in 10,315
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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 1974

girls
#465
387 births · 1 in 3,792 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #465Shanda387
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 3,792 of them was named Shanda, which outranked 95.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanda
  1. #461Jocelyn389
  2. #461Karrie389
  3. #464Mia388
  4. #465Shanda387
  5. #465Pauline387
  6. #465Serena387
  7. #465Sophia387
  8. #469Lashawn386
  9. #470Irma385
  10. #471Myra384

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

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →