Shondra — girls' name
1,228 babies named Shondra in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Shondra was born in this single decade.
78 babies were named Shondra in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shondra
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,228 babies named Shondra between 1961 and 2005, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shondra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 78 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shondra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 616 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shondra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shondra in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shondra 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 1,228 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.
Shondra at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shondra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1961
- Peak year (1973)
- 78
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
1,228 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 78 births in a single year.
Shondra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 616 births that decade — 50% of Shondra's all-time total
Shondra decade highlights
- Peak decade 616 births
- Runner-up 347 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shondra's strongest decade
616 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Shondra by state
Where Shondra concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 90 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 60 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 54 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 43 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 35 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 33 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.9% |
90 of 1,228 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 7.3% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.5% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shondra appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1961–2005 (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.