Shawna
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 2,082 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 45,531since 1941
Shawna over time
Rank among girls' names. Shawna has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 92 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,227 | 88 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,800 | 121 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 137 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,539 | 142 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,265 | 177 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,180 | 190 | — | |
| 2003 | #941 | 250 | — | |
| 2002 | #896 | 250 | — | |
| 2001 | #763 | 313 | — | |
| 2000 | #691 | 341 | — | |
| 1999 | #620 | 386 | — | |
| 1998 | #556 | 445 | — | |
| 1997 | #516 | 463 | — | |
| 1996 | #468 | 536 | — | |
| 1995 | #425 | 612 | — | |
| 1994 | #338 | 794 | — | |
| 1993 | #314 | 848 | — | |
| 1992 | #306 | 909 | — | |
| 1991 | #281 | 988 | — | |
| 1990 | #249 | 1,125 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #265 | 1,007 | — | |
| 1988 | #239 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1987 | #237 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1986 | #222 | 1,196 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #214 | 1,200 | — | |
| 1984 | #201 | 1,327 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #187 | 1,455 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #162 | 1,770 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #198 | 1,359 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #187 | 1,432 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #177 | 1,548 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #161 | 1,702 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #139 | 2,082 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #167 | 1,508 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #160 | 1,689 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #162 | 1,662 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #188 | 1,403 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #174 | 1,666 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #214 | 1,420 | — | |
| 1970 | #210 | 1,500 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #249 | 1,189 | — | |
| 1968 | #319 | 740 | — | |
| 1967 | #353 | 645 | — | |
| 1966 | #368 | 609 | — | |
| 1965 | #396 | 552 | — | |
| 1964 | #401 | 589 | — | |
| 1963 | #451 | 458 | — | |
| 1962 | #572 | 295 | — | |
| 1961 | #602 | 280 | — | |
| 1960 | #705 | 209 | — | |
| 1959 | #747 | 185 | — | |
| 1958 | #813 | 153 | — | |
| 1957 | #777 | 167 | — | |
| 1956 | #872 | 131 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 49 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shawna! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shawna is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#23 · 1 in 95
- New Mexico#45 · 1 in 202
- Montana#59 · 1 in 202
- Oklahoma#60 · 1 in 270
- Washington#65 · 1 in 280
Best ever in a state: #23 in Wyoming, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #23 | 20 | 1 in 95 |
| New Mexico | #45 | 38 | 1 in 202 |
| Montana | #59 | 19 | 1 in 202 |
| Oklahoma | #60 | 59 | 1 in 270 |
| Washington | #65 | 71 | 1 in 280 |
| Idaho | #69 | 20 | 1 in 274 |
| Oregon | #69 | 45 | 1 in 290 |
| Arizona | #70 | 50 | 1 in 303 |
| Kansas | #70 | 41 | 1 in 307 |
| Colorado | #74 | 51 | 1 in 309 |
| South Dakota | #83 | 13 | 1 in 302 |
| North Dakota | #93 | 12 | 1 in 343 |
| West Virginia | #96 | 28 | 1 in 400 |
| New Hampshire | #97 | 11 | 1 in 385 |
| Iowa | #104 | 38 | 1 in 455 |
| Nevada | #104 | 7 | 1 in 373 |
| California | #111 | 261 | 1 in 530 |
| Maine | #114 | 12 | 1 in 477 |
| Alaska | #115 | 6 | 1 in 360 |
| Kentucky | #116 | 45 | 1 in 520 |
| Ohio | #119 | 123 | 1 in 564 |
| Indiana | #128 | 60 | 1 in 573 |
| Missouri | #131 | 46 | 1 in 633 |
| Arkansas | #141 | 20 | 1 in 632 |
| Minnesota | #141 | 33 | 1 in 732 |
| Utah | #156 | 18 | 1 in 686 |
| Nebraska | #169 | 12 | 1 in 788 |
| Texas | #184 | 109 | 1 in 878 |
| Hawaii | #198 | 7 | 1 in 645 |
| Illinois | #211 | 61 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Virginia | #229 | 22 | 1 in 1,230 |
| Michigan | #231 | 42 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Pennsylvania | #232 | 50 | 1 in 1,301 |
| Wisconsin | #232 | 19 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Florida | #260 | 30 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Massachusetts | #269 | 16 | 1 in 1,836 |
| Louisiana | #279 | 19 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Mississippi | #279 | 11 | 1 in 1,414 |
| District of Columbia | #280 | 5 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Maryland | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Tennessee | #298 | 15 | 1 in 1,762 |
| New York | #333 | 53 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Connecticut | #357 | 6 | 1 in 2,304 |
| Georgia | #360 | 14 | 1 in 2,212 |
| North Carolina | #384 | 12 | 1 in 2,695 |
| Alabama | #417 | 8 | 1 in 2,731 |
| South Carolina | #456 | 5 | 1 in 3,316 |
| New Jersey | #461 | 12 | 1 in 2,999 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shawna
- 4,145 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #10,107)
- 5,654 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #10,107)
- 6,512 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1956 (#1,010 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 2004 (#941 → #1,180)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1977 at #139 (2,082 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1956–2003
- Highest: 1 in 736 girls born in 1977 were named Shawna (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.5% of all girls named Shawna (16,180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 112 | #1,603 (1949) | #3,250 |
| 1950s | 986 | #747 (1959) | #1,111 |
| 1960s | 5,566 | #249 (1969) | #442 |
| 1970s | 16,180 | #139 (1977) | #175 |
| 1980s | 12,973 | #162 (1982) | #211 |
| 1990s | 7,106 | #249 (1990) | #407 |
| 2000s | 2,009 | #691 (2000) | #1,292 |
| 2010s | 483 | #2,136 (2010) | #3,614 |
| 2020s | 116 | #4,453 (2020) | #6,551 |
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.
Shawna in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 863 of them was named Shawna, which outranked 98.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 312,271 of them was named Shawna, which outranked 13.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 873 names at #5,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.