Shawanda
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 186 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,853since 1960
Shawanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Shawanda has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 |
| 1989 | #1,981 | 64 |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 |
| 1987 | #1,570 | 80 |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 |
| 1985 | #1,259 | 108 |
| 1984 | #1,475 | 78 |
| 1983 | #1,194 | 108 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 114 |
| 1981 | #971 | 151 |
| 1980 | #966 | 153 |
| 1979 | #841 | 185 |
| 1978 | #836 | 177 |
| 1977 | #806 | 186 |
| 1976 | #844 | 162 |
| 1975 | #926 | 139 |
| 1974 | #1,054 | 112 |
| 1973 | #1,109 | 101 |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 |
| 1971 | #1,456 | 71 |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
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| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shawanda! It came in at #5,696, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shawanda is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#206 · 1 in 965
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 930
- Alabama#255 · 1 in 1,353
- Georgia#276 · 1 in 1,493
- Virginia#345 · 1 in 2,350
Best ever in a state: #134 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #206 | 29 | 1 in 965 |
| Mississippi | #215 | 17 | 1 in 930 |
| Alabama | #255 | 17 | 1 in 1,353 |
| Georgia | #276 | 22 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Virginia | #345 | 12 | 1 in 2,350 |
| Tennessee | #391 | 10 | 1 in 2,805 |
| North Carolina | #444 | 10 | 1 in 3,307 |
| South Carolina | #512 | 5 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Florida | #531 | 12 | 1 in 3,601 |
| New York | #862 | 13 | 1 in 7,834 |
| Illinois | #1,006 | 7 | 1 in 10,332 |
| Texas | #1,413 | 6 | 1 in 16,744 |
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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 Shawanda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1975 (#1,054 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1982 (#971 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1977 at #806 (186 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1975–1981
- Highest: 1 in 8,243 girls born in 1977 were named Shawanda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- 44.8% of all girls named Shawanda (1,279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 189 | #1,609 (1969) | #3,643 |
| 1970s | 1,279 | #806 (1977) | #1,068 |
| 1980s | 1,001 | #966 (1980) | #1,403 |
| 1990s | 357 | #1,766 (1991) | #4,662 |
| 2000s | 27 | #8,027 (2000) | #14,279 |
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.
Shawanda in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
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1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 8,243 of them was named Shawanda, which outranked 92.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #802Griselda187
- #802Toya187
- #802William187
- #806Shawanda186
- #806Aurora186
- #806Dixie186
- #806Doreen186
- #811Carina185
- #811Consuelo185
- #811Delores185
Tied with 4 names at #806; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.