The first name Shawanda
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Shawanda at birth, 1880–2025
In 2007, 5 girls born in the United States were named Shawanda, the 20,100th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1977, when 186 were.
2,853
babies named Shawanda since 1880
#20,100
rank in 2007
1977
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- Is Shawanda a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,853 US babies named Shawanda since 1880 were girls.
- When was Shawanda most popular?
- 1977 in the United States, when 186 babies were named Shawanda, its highest rank at 810th.