Shonna
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 194 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,089since 1942
Shonna over time
Rank among girls' names. Shonna has never cracked the top 700 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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| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
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| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
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| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,129 | 51 |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 |
| 1982 | #1,703 | 66 |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 |
| 1980 | #1,310 | 97 |
| 1979 | #1,104 | 123 |
| 1978 | #947 | 149 |
| 1977 | #779 | 194 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 |
| 1974 | #1,013 | 118 |
| 1973 | #973 | 122 |
| 1972 | #855 | 151 |
| 1971 | #851 | 160 |
| 1970 | #784 | 180 |
| 1969 | #852 | 149 |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 |
| 1963 | #1,417 | 62 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shonna! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1944, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shonna is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#392 · 1 in 2,591
- Iowa#443 · 1 in 3,940
- Mississippi#492 · 1 in 3,117
- Virginia#649 · 1 in 5,837
- Indiana#661 · 1 in 7,247
Best ever in a state: #175 in Nevada, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #392 | 5 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Iowa | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,940 |
| Mississippi | #492 | 5 | 1 in 3,117 |
| Virginia | #649 | 5 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Indiana | #661 | 5 | 1 in 7,247 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| California | #907 | 20 | 1 in 8,166 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| Texas | #1,500 | 6 | 1 in 18,518 |
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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 Shonna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 415 spots in 1969 (#1,267 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1978 (#779 → #947)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1977 at #779 (194 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1969–1973
- Highest: 1 in 7,903 girls born in 1977 were named Shonna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 45.0% of all girls named Shonna (1,391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26 | #4,025 (1945) | #4,147 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,458 (1959) | #3,394 |
| 1960s | 620 | #852 (1969) | #1,531 |
| 1970s | 1,391 | #779 (1977) | #966 |
| 1980s | 631 | #1,310 (1980) | #1,867 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,464 (1990) | #5,431 |
| 2000s | 51 | #9,163 (2000) | #11,064 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,448 (2010) | #13,448 |
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.
Shonna in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 13,051 of them was named Shonna, which outranked 90.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,097Letisha124
- #1,097Meggan124
- #1,097Sparkle124
- #1,104Shonna123
- #1,104Keshia123
- #1,104Maegan123
- #1,104Marcela123
- #1,113Brienne122
- #1,113Lina122
- #1,113Rosalia122
Tied with 8 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.