Shona
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1970
160 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,414
since 1943
Born a Shona? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shona was most popular in 1970, when 160 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.09 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shona in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 123%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 13069 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 11 | 9711 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 13347 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 10679 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 11 | 9901 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 7891 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 10 | 9892 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 10246 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 8196 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 15 | 6808 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 7239 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 6719 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 9017 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | 6641 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6672 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 25 | 4100 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | 5267 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 23 | 4329 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 31 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 18 | 4848 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 43 | 2489 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 33 | 2915 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 21 | 3890 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 30 | 3008 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 41 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 39 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 35 | 2645 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 59 | 1848 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 90 | 1380 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 65 | 1694 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 106 | 1186 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 87 | 1325 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 72 | 1446 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 66 | 1527 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 85 | 1268 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 97 | 1138 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 98 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 122 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 160 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 128 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 76 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 57 | 1478 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 61 | 1403 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 57 | 1463 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 54 | 1548 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 79 | 1233 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 31 | 2113 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 35 | 1955 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 24 | 2432 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 25 | 2289 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 11 | 3747 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 3033 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 11 | 3696 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | 3377 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 15 | 2889 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 9 | 3796 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | 4738 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | 3892 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | 4691 | <5 | — |
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