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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shawanda.

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Its story

Popularity since 1960

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 43 recorded years as a table

Shawanda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1960	3
1962	4
1963	3
1964	9
1965	7
1966	15
1967	16
1968	21
1969	33
1970	34
1971	43
1972	57
1973	69
1974	76
1975	95
1976	111
1977	121
1978	116
1979	115
1980	92
1981	91
1982	67
1983	65
1984	46
1985	63
1986	47
1987	46
1988	36
1989	35
1990	36
1991	43
1992	34
1993	20
1994	16
1995	13
1996	14
1997	10
1998	5
1999	5
2000	7
2001	3
2004	3
2007	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shawanda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007: 5
Rank in 2007: #17,636
How rare: 1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1960: 2,853

Shawanda was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 121 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shawanda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.