Girls' name · since 1971
Shuwanda
Shuwanda has 26 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
26 girls have been named Shuwanda since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shuwanda has 26 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 1983.
- #42,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shuwanda ranks #42,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #42,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuwanda's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shuwanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shuwanda's full recorded timeline at 1978, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shuwanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shuwanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Shuwanda's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shuwanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Shuwanda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shuwanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1971–1983 (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 Shuwanda 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.