Shenandoah

The name Shenandoah is the #7,285 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 454 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,374 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 342 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,474 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 112 births since 1965.

Shenandoah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Shenandoah is available in 43 out of the 56 years between 1965 and 2020 (40 years for girls and 14 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Shenandoah has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Shenandoah were girls. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for boys (60.7% boys from 1965 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.8% girls from 1975 to 2020).

For girls, Shenandoah reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #836) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.

For boys, Shenandoah reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #633) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.