How Many People Are Named Shawanda?
people named Shawanda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 125,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,853 babies named Shawanda in Social Security records from 1960 to 2007, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
186 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shawanda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shawanda alive today is about 45 years old, and 95% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shawanda first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 1977, to 186 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2007.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2007
🏆 Rank History
Shawanda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #810, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #810 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,004 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shawanda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shawanda were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 333 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shawanda was given 11.3 times as often in Mississippi, 9.2 times in Louisiana and 6 times in Georgia.
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