How Many People Are Named Shonda?
people named Shonda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,931 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,444 babies named Shonda in Social Security records from 1954 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
510 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably a blend of SHONA and RHONDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shonda in English. Counting Shonda and these spellings together, about 9,383 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shonda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shonda alive today is about 49 years old, and 91% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shonda first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 1970, to 510 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Shonda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #419, in 1973.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #419 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #478 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shonda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shonda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 712 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shonda was given 4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.4 times in Louisiana and 3.1 times in Georgia.
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