Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shonica

#28,334 most common girls' name of all time · #45,806 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–1992

Rank among girls
#28,334
Rank overall
#45,806 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
72
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1980 #7,887
Best rank
#7,367 1971
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1980

Shonica first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 6 — 6 #12,263
1991 7 — 7 #10,772
1988 5 — 5 #12,582
1982 5 — 5 #11,368
1980 8 — 8 #7,887
1979 6 — 6 #9,647
1978 5 — 5 #10,645
1976 5 — 5 #10,217
1975 7 — 7 #7,775
1974 6 — 6 #8,461
1973 5 — 5 #9,333
1971 7 — 7 #7,367