Shona
Shona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 847th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970160 births
- Best rank
- #847in 1970
- Since 1943
- 2,414people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,414 girls have been named Shona in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 160 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 160 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 40%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Shona was the 847th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Shona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tangelapeak 1971
- Kerriepeak 1971
- Staceypeak 1971
- Tanyapeak 1974
- Cristipeak 1973
- Angleapeak 1972
- Tawnyapeak 1972
- Stacypeak 1971
Other spellings in the data
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.