Shawnee

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #9,112
Given to girls 97.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 228 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,909
since 1943

Shawnee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shawnee has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #865, 1992girls
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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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2022#10,3839—
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2020#11,0908—
2019#7,02516—
2018#13,7936—
2017#9,34111—
2016#9,41111—
2015#10,8669—
2014#8,96612—
2013#7,74815—
2012#13,4837—
2011#7,11817—
2010#8,70113—
2009#6,09122—
2008#5,57425—
2007#4,29935—
2006#4,46332—
2005#4,70428—
2004#4,60129—
2003#3,34743—
2002#2,74555—
2001#2,37966—
2000#2,17473#9,1126
1999#1,85785#8,7046
1998#1,405122—
1997#1,434116—
1996#1,288134#9,0155
1995#1,381119#6,4078
1994#1,346124—
1993#1,044176#7,6386
1992#865228#8,4355
1991#1,144155—
1990#1,057168—
1989#1,94366—
1988#2,03258—
1987#1,83863—
1986#1,89059#5,3327
1985#2,25345—
1984#2,51537—
1983#2,51636—
1982#2,11548—
1981#2,23145—
1980#2,15447#6,2505
1979#1,79560#5,3556
1978#1,65364#4,5547
1977#1,73659#4,1648
1976#1,25289#5,5875
1975#1,49868#3,9418
1974#1,44869#3,31810
1973#1,36173#4,5056
1972#1,24883#4,4416
1971#1,35079—
1970#1,47468#3,8367
1969#1,66752#3,0629
1968#1,67848—
1967#1,70245—
1966#1,63247—
1965#1,59549—
1964#1,70846—
1963#1,78742—
1962#2,03133—
1961#1,53354—
1960#1,92535—
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1957#1,84235—
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1955#2,10826—
1954#2,51919—
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Shawnee! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shawnee is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNHWashington: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedIDMontana: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 665 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #587 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,586 girlsMNIllinois: #1,408 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,701 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedMINew York: #1,974 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 24,411 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedRIOregon: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedINOhio: #707 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,089 girlsOHPennsylvania: #652 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,050 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,364 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 14,580 girlsCAUtah: #181 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 847 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNEMissouri: #466 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,650 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedDEArizona: #755 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,252 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedHITexas: #1,425 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,287 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnee, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#170 · 1 in 665
  2. Utah#181 · 1 in 847
  3. Missouri#466 · 1 in 3,650
  4. Oregon#524 · 1 in 3,356
  5. Minnesota#587 · 1 in 5,586

Best ever in a state: #170 in Montana, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#17051 in 665
Utah#181161 in 847
Missouri#46691 in 3,650
Oregon#52451 in 3,356
Minnesota#58751 in 5,586
Pennsylvania#652121 in 6,050
Washington#68161 in 5,151
Ohio#707101 in 7,089
Arizona#75551 in 5,252
California#1,364181 in 14,580
Illinois#1,40851 in 15,701
Texas#1,42591 in 15,287
New York#1,97451 in 24,411
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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 Shawnee
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1992 (#1,144 → #865)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1993 (#865 → #1,044)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1992 at #865 (228 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,087
  • Highest: 1 in 8,087 girls born in 1992 were named Shawnee (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.5% of all girls named Shawnee (1,427) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s18#3,892 (1949)#4,609
1950s243#1,662 (1956)#2,283
1960s451#1,533 (1961)#1,726
1970s712#1,248 (1972)#1,482
1980s504#1,838 (1987)#2,149
1990s1,427#865 (1992)#1,282
2000s408#2,174 (2000)#4,038
2010s117#7,025 (2019)#9,645
2020s29#10,383 (2022)#12,207

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.

Shawnee in 1990

girls
#1,057
168 births · 1 in 11,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,057Shawnee168
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 11,301 of them was named Shawnee, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shawnee
  1. #1,052Patience170
  2. #1,055Cinthia169
  3. #1,055Maricruz169
  4. #1,057Shawnee168
  5. #1,057Carli168
  6. #1,057Demi168
  7. #1,057Flor168
  8. #1,063Adilene167
  9. #1,063Denisha167
  10. #1,063Scarlett167

Tied with 5 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →