How Many People Are Named Shona?
people named Shona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 151,971 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,414 babies named Shona in Social Security records from 1943 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
160 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of SEONAG or SEÒNAID. Though unconnected, this is also the name of an ethnic group who live in southern Africa, mainly Zimbabwe.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shona in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shona alive today is about 48 years old, and 76% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shona first appears in the records in 1943 and was given most often in 1970, to 160 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1943 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Shona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #847, in 1970.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #847 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,227 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shona were born in California than in any other state: about 160 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shona was given 2.4 times as often in California, 2.3 times in Texas and 1.6 times in Ohio.
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