Holding steady.
Popularity of Shaundrea since 1978
Babies named Shaundrea per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 |
| 1980s | 42 |
| 1990s | 61 |
| 2000s | 31 |
| 2010s | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Shaundrea is a modern invented name that first appears in U.S. birth records in 1978, making it a relatively recent addition to the American naming landscape. Its usage reached a peak in 1994, during the broader trend of creative '-drea' and 'Shawn-' combinations that thrived in the 1990s. While Shaundrea has never ranked among the top 1000 names nationally, it held a steady but low-level presence in the decades after its introduction. The name's trajectory has been stable in recent years, and it has not been recorded with high frequency in any particular state. Shaundrea likely emerged as part of a wave of African American invented names that blend familiar sounds and suffixes to create distinctive identities.
Shaundrea is a modern invented name, blending the masculine Shawn (an Anglicized form of the Irish Seán, itself from the Hebrew Yohanan meaning 'God is gracious') with the fashionable suffix -drea, derived from Andrea. The name first appeared in U.S. records in the late 1970s and gained modest use in the 1990s. It likely follows the pattern of other invented names like Shandrea or Laundrea.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Shaun, Drea, Sha
Variants: Shaundria, Shaundre
Sibling names for Shaundrea
Names that share Shaundrea's style, for a brother or sister.
