Shenda — girls' name
10 babies named Shenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 girls have been named Shenda since 1963, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1971.
- 10
- total births
- 1963–1971
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shenda was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shenda in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Shenda between 1963 and 1971, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shenda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenda 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 10 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.
Shenda at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1963
- Peak year (1963)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
10 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 5 births in a single year.
Shenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Shenda's all-time total
Shenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shenda's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.