Shawnta
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 93.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 132 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,812since 1965
Shawnta over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,119 | 58 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,657 | 71 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,382 | 93 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,423 | 86 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #1,210 | 107 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #1,031 | 132 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 132 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shawnta! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2005, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shawnta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1977 at #1,016 (132 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,605 girls born in 1978 were named Shawnta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,134 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,016 in 1977, was only 1 in 11,615 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.5% of all girls named Shawnta (789) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38 | #4,198 (1969) | #5,430 |
| 1970s | 630 | #1,016 (1977) | #1,923 |
| 1980s | 789 | #1,380 (1980) | #1,565 |
| 1990s | 309 | #2,317 (1990) | #4,638 |
| 2000s | 46 | #9,874 (2000) | #13,826 |
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.
Shawnta in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 11,605 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 91.0% 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).
- #1,025Latesha133
- #1,025Lorrie133
- #1,025Tarah133
- #1,031Shawnta132
- #1,031Ava132
- #1,031Cameron132
- #1,031Charisse132
- #1,037Cary131
- #1,037Cristin131
- #1,037Ivette131
Tied with 5 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 109,456 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 58.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,669Yechiel16
- #2,669Zoran16
- #2,669Zuri16
- #2,799Shawnta15
- #2,799Aloysius15
- #2,799Alpha15
- #2,799Americo15
- #2,929Adolphus14
- #2,929Agustine14
- #2,929Alim14
Tied with 129 names at #2,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.