Girls' name · since 1986
Shannda
13 babies named Shannda 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.
- #51,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
13 girls have been named Shannda since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shannda recorded 13 times among girls since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1987.
- #51,259 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shannda ranks #51,259 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #51,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shannda's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shannda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shannda's full recorded timeline at 1987, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shannda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Shannda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Shannda's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shannda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shannda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
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, 1986–1987 (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 Shannda 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.