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Lashonda

Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Shonda.

PronunciationEnglish /lə.ˈʃɔn.də/
Usage languagesAfrican American
US rank (2016)#16,215

Meaning and history

Lashonda is a name formed by combining the popular prefix la with the name Shonda, and it may be spelled LaShonda or Lashonda.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19971997: no US SSA record for this spelling
1998: no US SSA record for this spelling
1999: no US SSA record for this spelling
2000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
20022002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 12 births, rank #9,286
20072007: 13 births, rank #9,007
2008: 10 births, rank #10,807
2009: 10 births, rank #10,679
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: 5 births, rank #16,764
20122012: 7 births, rank #13,483
2013: 6 births, rank #14,582
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 5 births, rank #16,215

Lashonda moved from #893 to #976 for girls between 1990 and 1991. Its highest annual birth count came in 1977, with 513 births.

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