Shonda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,444 babies named Shonda between 1954 and 2008, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 510 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,074 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 763 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Shonda in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shonda 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 7,444 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.