girl's name

Shonna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 3,193

Shonna is a girl's name. In 2010 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 194 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1942.

Shonna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

1,391
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shonna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 26
1950s 130
1960s 620
1970s 1,391
1980s 631
1990s 233
2000s 51
2010s (to 2010) 7

How popular is Shonna?

In 2010, Shonna was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shonna is used

France #3,760 5 in 2014
England & Wales #5,206 3 in 2007
United States #13,461 7 in 2010

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shonna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shonna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shonna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shonna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shonna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shonna

How popular is the name Shonna?

In 2010, Shonna was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shonna a girl's or a boy's name?

Shonna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shonna most popular?

Shonna peaked in 1977, when 194 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.