Feminine dossier · first seen 1943

Shona

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shona
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

160

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1943Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

All-time

2,414

Shona has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 160 girls were named Shona.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,414 Americans have been named Shona and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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