Shadea — girls' name
52 babies named Shadea in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
52 girls have been named Shadea since 1986, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 52
- total births
- 1986–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shadea was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shadea in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shadea
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Shadea between 1986 and 1996, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shadea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shadea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shadea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shadea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 52 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shadea at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shadea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1986
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
52 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 10 births in a single year.
Shadea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 58% of Shadea's all-time total
Shadea decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shadea's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.