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Girl name

Shwanda

100% girls · last recorded 1988

Shwanda has been given to about 133 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1976, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 127
Median age today49 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shwanda per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1976 · 20
  • Born in 20250
  • All time133

How popular is Shwanda?

Its best year was 1976, when 20 babies were given the name, ranking 3515th. The typical living American called Shwanda is about 49 years old today.

Names that sound like Shwanda

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shanda0.89
  2. Wanda0.79
  3. Chanda0.79
  4. Lawanda0.74
  5. Shana0.73
  6. Shanna0.73
  7. Tawanda0.74
  8. Shanta0.73

Middle names for Shwanda

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shwanda Josephine0.84
  2. Shwanda Rose0.83
  3. Shwanda Louise0.83
  4. Shwanda June0.82
  5. Shwanda Pearl0.82
  6. Shwanda Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Shwanda

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jasonbrother · 0.59
  2. Jennifersister · 0.56
  3. Amysister · 0.55
  4. Aprilsister · 0.54
  5. Jamieeither · 0.52
  6. Jaimeeither · 0.52

Where Shwanda is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shwanda White0.78
    2. Shwanda Reyes0.78
    3. Shwanda Nguyen0.78
    4. Shwanda Moore0.78
    5. Shwanda Lee0.78
    6. Shwanda Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shwanda

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.