Shadonna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shadonna

The Social Security Administration has registered 638 babies named Shadonna between 1970 and 2001, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shadonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shadonna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 339 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shadonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shadonna in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shadonna 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 638 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.