Shawana
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #8,534
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,881since 1956
Shawana over time
Rank among girls' names. Shawana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 |
| 1986 | #2,384 | 42 |
| 1985 | #1,928 | 57 |
| 1984 | #1,511 | 75 |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,125 | 121 |
| 1979 | #1,245 | 103 |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 |
| 1977 | #1,052 | 125 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 |
| 1973 | #1,194 | 90 |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shawana! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shawana
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1977 at #1,052 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,265 girls born in 1977 were named Shawana (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 165,094 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 46.6% of all girls named Shawana (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #5,952 (1956) | #6,100 |
| 1960s | 138 | #2,212 (1967) | #3,319 |
| 1970s | 876 | #1,052 (1977) | #1,340 |
| 1980s | 634 | #1,125 (1980) | #1,947 |
| 1990s | 207 | #2,974 (1992) | #5,568 |
| 2000s | 11 | #8,534 (2000) | #8,534 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shawana in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,167 of them was named Shawana, which outranked 89.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,221Renita102
- #1,221Shandra102
- #1,221Sharron102
- #1,231Shawana101
- #1,231Candida101
- #1,231Estella101
- #1,231Joslyn101
- #1,241Brandon100
- #1,241Chantelle100
- #1,241Jolie100
Tied with 9 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.