Shanga — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shanga

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Shanga between 1976 and 1983, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shanga currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Shanga is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1979.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanga performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanga shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanga 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 36 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.