Shawntay
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491 · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 95.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 695since 1967
Shawntay over time
Rank among girls' names. Shawntay has never cracked the top 2,000 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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| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
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| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
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| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shawntay! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shawntay
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1977 at #2,216 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,362 girls born in 1978 were named Shawntay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,436 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,216 in 1977, was only 1 in 37,394 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.6% of all girls named Shawntay (268) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 212 | #2,216 (1977) | #4,115 |
| 1980s | 268 | #2,440 (1985) | #3,363 |
| 1990s | 167 | #3,936 (1991) | #6,021 |
| 2000s | 43 | #10,425 (2003) | #12,665 |
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.
Shawntay 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 37,362 of them was named Shawntay, which outranked 80.5% 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).
- #2,191Teena42
- #2,191Trinette42
- #2,191Zulema42
- #2,237Shawntay41
- #2,237Adrien41
- #2,237Anastacia41
- #2,237Beronica41
- #2,269Adeline40
- #2,269Alvina40
- #2,269Avery40
Tied with 31 names at #2,237; 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 234,548 of them was named Shawntay, which outranked 32.7% 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).
- #4,157Zac8
- #4,157Zalmen8
- #4,157Zebulen8
- #4,554Shawntay7
- #4,554Abasi7
- #4,554Abdallah7
- #4,554Absalom7
- #5,059Aamir6
- #5,059Aaren6
- #5,059Abdel6
Tied with 504 names at #4,554; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.