Unisex name · since 2002

Shande

Shande has 12 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#32,956 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 2002
2000s
peak decade

Shande is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 12 have been recorded since 2002.

Shande has 12 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2004.

  • #32,956 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 12 born since 2002
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shande ranks #32,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.

#32,956 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 2002
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Shande's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Shande's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Shande splits its recorded history at 2004: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Shande popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2004

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20022004 7

Shande popularity over time - girls

7 total births recorded since 1986 (Shande as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 7 births
7 1986 7

Shande by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).

2000s was Shande's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Shande births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Shande? ▼
Shande has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #32,956 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2004. 7 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
Where does Shande sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shande ranks #32,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Shande most popular? ▼
Shande was most popular in the 2000s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Is Shande a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Shande is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 12 births, and as a girl's name it has 7 births.
How long has the name Shande been used? ▼
Records for Shande go back to 2002, giving 3 years of history through 2004.
What names are similar to Shande? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Shawn, Shane, Shaun, Shannon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Shande

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Emuel
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Shande: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shande draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.