Kashonda

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Kashonda has been given to 148 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Kashonda, 1993

1 in 754,000

Kashonda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kashonda: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Kashonda means

Kashonda is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kashonda is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Kashonda is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 148 girls were recorded with the name Kashonda between 1973 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1977; its best national rank was #5,341 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kashonda?

Kashonda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 754,000; 5 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 362,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 522,458 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kashonda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 522,458 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kashonda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kashondas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kashonda was born before 1982 — so the typical Kashonda is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 148; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Kashonda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1977 (12)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,341; 1977

Spellings of Kashonda

Kashonda is not the most common spelling — Lashonda is, with 28.5% against Kashonda's 0.46%.

Lashonda28.5%9,234
Shonda22.9%7,444
Lashanda14.4%4,674
Larhonda7.7%2,509
Lashunda7.0%2,270
Rashonda4.6%1,499
Lashondra3.4%1,097
Roshonda3.3%1,069

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kashonda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,341; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 12 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 148
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kashonda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kashanda Kashunda Kasinda Kassiani Kaselynn Kashlynn Kasiyah Kaselyn Kashmere Kashtyn Kasheena Kashawna Kasiya Kashayla Kasani Kashaunda Kassadie Kashlyn Kasumi Kashauna Kassadee Kasmira Kassidie Kassity

Sibling names for Kashonda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jason Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta Mandi

For a brother

Torrey Tory Aric Rodrick Delvin Andrea Cedrick Jamey

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