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Girl · Modern American coinage
LaShonda
Say it: lah-SHON-dah
Meaning
A modern African American coinage combining La- with Shonda, a respelling probably related to Rhonda.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Most popular in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 9,235 babies given this name since 1964
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lashonda, Lashunda
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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