Shewanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shewanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Shewanda between 1962 and 1982, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shewanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shewanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shewanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Shewanda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shewanda 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 121 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.