Shadonna
Recorded 1970–2001 · United States
Shadonna was most popular in 1980, when 54 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,087 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 638 people named Shadonna.
Shadonna over time
How old is the name Shadonna?
Shadonna first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 29 of the 56 years since. It was last recorded in 2001.
How many people are named Shadonna?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 638 American births named Shadonna between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 617 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shadonna in 2025?
Shadonna was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Shadonna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shadonna is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 638 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shadonna?
Roughly 617 Americans named Shadonna are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 42 years old, and half are between 37 and 47. That is a narrow band: Shadonna arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org