Shona Popularity by Year
Follow Shona across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shona birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Up 1,774 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 5 | #15,251 | Up 964 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | Down 3,209 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 7 | #13,006 | Up 63 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Down 3,358 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 11 | #9,711 | Up 3,636 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Down 2,668 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 10 | #10,679 | Down 595 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 11 | #10,084 | Up 3,840 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 7 | #13,924 | Down 4,023 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 11 | #9,901 | Down 2,010 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 14 | #7,891 | Up 2,001 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 10 | #9,892 | Up 2,516 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 7 | #12,408 | Down 2,162 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 9 | #10,246 | Down 2,050 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 12 | #8,196 | Down 1,388 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 15 | #6,808 | Up 431 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 13 | #7,239 | Down 520 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 14 | #6,719 | Up 2,298 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 9 | #9,017 | Down 2,953 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 15 | #6,064 | Up 577 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 13 | #6,641 | Up 31 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 13 | #6,672 | Down 2,572 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 25 | #4,100 | Up 1,167 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 18 | #5,267 | Down 938 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 23 | #4,329 | Down 893 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 31 | #3,436 | Up 1,412 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 18 | #4,848 | Down 2,359 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 43 | #2,489 | Up 426 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 33 | #2,915 | Up 975 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 21 | #3,890 | Down 882 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 30 | #3,008 | Down 668 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 41 | #2,340 | Up 58 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 39 | #2,398 | Up 247 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 35 | #2,645 | Down 797 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 59 | #1,848 | Down 468 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 90 | #1,380 | Up 314 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 65 | #1,694 | Down 508 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 106 | #1,186 | Up 139 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 87 | #1,325 | Up 121 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 72 | #1,446 | Up 81 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 66 | #1,527 | Down 259 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 85 | #1,268 | Down 130 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 97 | #1,138 | Down 11 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 98 | #1,127 | Down 112 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 122 | #1,015 | Down 171 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 160 | #844 | Up 96 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 128 | #940 | Up 318 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 76 | #1,258 | Up 220 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 57 | #1,478 | Down 75 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 61 | #1,403 | Up 60 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 57 | #1,463 | Up 85 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 54 | #1,548 | Down 315 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 79 | #1,233 | Up 880 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 31 | #2,113 | Down 158 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 35 | #1,955 | Up 477 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 24 | #2,432 | Down 143 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 25 | #2,289 | Up 1,458 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 11 | #3,747 | Down 714 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 15 | #3,033 | Up 663 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 11 | #3,696 | Down 319 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 12 | #3,377 | Down 488 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 15 | #2,889 | Up 907 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 9 | #3,796 | Up 942 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 6 | #4,738 | Down 846 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 8 | #3,892 | Up 799 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 5 | #4,691 | — |