Shawnda
Shawnda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Shawnda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shawnda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Shawnda
Shawnda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1957, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 154 births, good for #868 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 49% of all recorded Shawndas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2008 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Shawndas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Shawnda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shawnda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Shawnda most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- United States100%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Shawnda
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Shawnda
Shawnda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Shawnda's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #868. Use the chart and map above to compare Shawnda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.