Shonda
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Meaning
“An American coinage blending sounds from Shawna/Sean, Hebrew/Irish, God is gracious, and Rhonda.”
How popular is Shonda around the world?
In the United States, Shonda is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
United States
under 5 a year
In the United States, Shonda is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Shonda peaked in the 1970s and the 1980s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Shonda
Most people given the name Shonda in the United States were born between 1960 and 1989. The Shonda you meet today is most often in her 40s or 50s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Shonda deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Shonda truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Shonda fits with your family’s names and surname.
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