Shanda
Shanda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 467th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1974387 births
- Best rank
- #467in 1974
- Since 1946
- 7,997people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,997 girls have been named Shanda in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 387 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 387 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 43%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1974, its biggest year
Shanda was the 467th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Shanda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shanonpeak 1970
- Latinapeak 1973
- Mindipeak 1979
- Tawannapeak 1977
- Hiedipeak 1979
- Chandrapeak 1975
- Shaundapeak 1978
- Keripeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.