Shawana

Peak · girls
1977 · 125 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,881
since 1956

Shawana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shawana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19501960197019801990200020102020peak #1,052, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2000#8,53411
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1998#11,1387
1997#9,8028
1996#6,06415
1995#5,22118
1994#5,01619
1993#3,68129
1992#2,97439
1991#2,98938
1990#3,22734
1989#2,71441
1988#2,59741
1987#2,36044
1986#2,38442
1985#1,92857
1984#1,51175
1983#1,70064
1982#1,62171
1981#1,52878
1980#1,125121
1979#1,245103
1978#1,231101
1977#1,052125
1976#1,22592
1975#1,083108
1974#1,133102
1973#1,19490
1972#1,54160
1971#1,70953
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1969#2,70424
1968#3,16917
1967#2,21229
1966#2,93718
1965#3,95211
1964#2,91519
1963#3,80112
1962#4,8658
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1958#6,1035
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First appearance
1956

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.

Where Shawana is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shawana in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shawana
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1977 at #1,052 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,265
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 46.6% of all girls named Shawana (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s15#5,952 (1956)#6,100
1960s138#2,212 (1967)#3,319
1970s876#1,052 (1977)#1,340
1980s634#1,125 (1980)#1,947
1990s207#2,974 (1992)#5,568
2000s11#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.

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