Shona
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 160 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,414since 1943
Shona over time
Rank among girls' names. Shona 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #1,848 | 59 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 106 |
| 1977 | #1,325 | 87 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 |
| 1975 | #1,527 | 66 |
| 1974 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1973 | #1,138 | 97 |
| 1972 | #1,127 | 98 |
| 1971 | #1,015 | 122 |
| 1970 | #844 | 160 |
| 1969 | #940 | 128 |
| 1968 | #1,258 | 76 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 |
| 1964 | #1,548 | 54 |
| 1963 | #1,233 | 79 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shona! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shona is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#585 · 1 in 6,948
- Michigan#850 · 1 in 16,012
- Texas#1,087 · 1 in 15,312
- New York#1,219 · 1 in 27,211
- California#1,241 · 1 in 21,764
Best ever in a state: #398 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #585 | 5 | 1 in 6,948 |
| Michigan | #850 | 5 | 1 in 16,012 |
| Texas | #1,087 | 7 | 1 in 15,312 |
| New York | #1,219 | 6 | 1 in 27,211 |
| California | #1,241 | 8 | 1 in 21,764 |
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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 Shona
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1969 (#1,258 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1971 (#844 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1970 at #844 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1969–1970
- Highest: 1 in 10,926 girls born in 1970 were named Shona (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 39.7% of all girls named Shona (958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 13 | #3,892 (1949) | #4,292 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,289 (1959) | #3,446 |
| 1960s | 602 | #940 (1969) | #1,582 |
| 1970s | 958 | #844 (1970) | #1,257 |
| 1980s | 409 | #1,380 (1980) | #2,776 |
| 1990s | 174 | #3,436 (1990) | #5,948 |
| 2000s | 106 | #6,808 (2000) | #10,003 |
| 2010s | 37 | #9,711 (2012) | #13,070 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,477 (2024) | #14,364 |
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.
Shona in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 24,399 of them was named Shona, which outranked 83.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,226Imelda80
- #1,226Lidia80
- #1,226Scott80
- #1,233Shona79
- #1,233Beckie79
- #1,233Dodie79
- #1,233Gia79
- #1,241Arnetta78
- #1,241Frieda78
- #1,241Jacklyn78
Tied with 7 names at #1,233; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.