Shonda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHON-da
- Origin
- Modern
Shonda is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shonda come from?
Modern: variant of Shawnda, blending Shawn with Rhonda
Is Shonda a girl's or a boy's name?
Shonda is a girls' name.
How popular is Shonda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 510 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Shonda in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shonda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,006 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 111 | #1,267 |
| 1986 | 103 | #1,299 |
| 1985 | 128 | #1,128 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 |
| 1983 | 171 | #886 |
| 1982 | 184 | #846 |
| 1981 | 207 | #785 |
| 1980 | 235 | #713 |
| 1979 | 270 | #644 |
| 1978 | 306 | #567 |
| 1977 | 315 | #557 |
| 1976 | 420 | #458 |
| 1975 | 441 | #447 |
| 1974 | 440 | #440 |
| 1973 | 468 | #418 |
| 1972 | 438 | #438 |
| 1971 | 466 | #445 |
| 1970 | 510 | #432 |
| 1969 | 402 | #482 |
| 1968 | 219 | #656 |
| 1967 | 180 | #730 |
| 1966 | 159 | #778 |
| 1965 | 117 | #944 |
| 1964 | 97 | #1,112 |
| 1963 | 75 | #1,271 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,567 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
Names like Shonda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Shonda
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shonda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shonda, updated 20 October 2026.