Girls' name · since 1968
Shonya
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 117 babies named Shonya, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
117 girls have been named Shonya since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shonya has 117 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1991.
- #25,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shonya ranks #25,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shonya's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shonya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shonya's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shonya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1991
- Peak year (1971)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shonya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (89 births, 76% of the file).
1970s was Shonya's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Shonya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
89 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 89 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Shonya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shonya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shonya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.