Shaunda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaunda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,623 babies named Shaunda between 1957 and 2003, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaunda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaunda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 724 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaunda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaunda in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaunda 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 1,623 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.