Shenandoah
Shenandoah is a name with a single cultural origin: Oneida.
- Oneida
Meaning & Origin of Shenandoah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shenandoah is a name with a single cultural origin: Oneida.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Oneida
The Story of Shenandoah
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Shenandoah as a girl name dates back to 1968, when 5 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Shenandoah — #5,221 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Shenandoah on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shenandoah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 347 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shenandoah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1965, with 15 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1965: 15 births, good for #2,082 nationwide. About 66% of every Shenandoah on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Shenandoah last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 112 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shenandoah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shenandoah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Skenandoa
Names that sound like Shenandoah
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- Genentech
- Shinoda
- Sinningia
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Shenandoah
Shenandoah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 347 births in the dataset. Shenandoah's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #5,221. Use the chart and map above to compare Shenandoah'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.