Shona · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shona.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1943

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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 67 recorded years as a table

Shona, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1943	4
1949	5
1950	4
1952	5
1954	8
1955	6
1956	5
1957	7
1958	5
1959	12
1960	12
1961	17
1962	16
1963	41
1964	28
1965	32
1966	36
1967	35
1968	46
1969	76
1970	92
1971	73
1972	64
1973	67
1974	58
1975	45
1976	49
1977	57
1978	69
1979	40
1980	54
1981	35
1982	21
1983	23
1984	24
1985	17
1986	12
1987	19
1988	24
1989	10
1990	16
1991	12
1992	10
1993	14
1994	7
1995	7
1996	9
1997	5
1998	8
1999	7
2000	8
2001	7
2002	5
2003	4
2004	5
2005	8
2006	6
2007	4
2008	6
2009	5
2011	4
2012	6
2014	4
2015	4
2016	3
2021	3
2024	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shona 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 2024: 6
Rank in 2024: #13,477
How rare: 1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1943: 2,414

Shona was last recorded in 2024. 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 1970, at 92 per million girls born.

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

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