Given name & surname
Shanda
“God is gracious”
Shanda is a variant of Shana. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shanda is a variant of Shana. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shanda is a variant of Shana. An origin associated with Shana is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,997
- 0 boys · 7,997 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 387 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 387 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,888 as a first name in 2020; 112 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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