Lashunda
Feminine
Two American prefixes are stacked in one name here. The La- is the first and the Sha- is the second, and they are usually alternatives rather than partners: a name takes one or the other. Lashunda takes both, which makes it a longer and more elaborate build than it looks.
How old is the name Lashunda?
Lashunda first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Lashunda alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 2,200 people named Lashunda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lashunda most popular?
Lashunda peaked in 1977, reaching #936 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Lashunda
There is something the page has to say plainly, because a reader will notice it whether the page mentions it or not. The stress in this name falls on its middle syllable, and that syllable is an ordinary English word meaning to avoid or refuse. Said at normal speed the word is not separable and nobody hears it; said slowly, or read on a page, it is there. That is not an argument against the name and it is certainly not a comment on anyone who chose it. It is simply the kind of collision that happens when names are built from syllables rather than inherited whole, and a page that pretended not to see it would not be worth reading.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Neither prefix carries a meaning, by design, and what is left after them is a syllable shape rather than a word. Nothing older lies behind it and no translation is available, whatever other pages may offer.
Pronouncing Lashunda
luh-SHUN-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The opening prefix is unstressed and reduces almost to nothing, as prefixes of this kind always do.
Nicknames for Lashunda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 1977148 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #936reached in 1977
- Change vs 2003
- −44.4%5 in 2009, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lashundas among us
people named Lashunda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lashunda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The rhythm is long and even, which suits a full name well.
- The spelling follows the sound exactly with nothing to explain twice.
- It has a natural short form in Shunda that stands on its own.
- The stressed middle syllable is an English word, and readers will see it even though listeners will not hear it.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
- It reads clearly as belonging to one American generation.
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- How many Lashundas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Lashunda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lashunda in 2025?
- Lashunda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Lashunda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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