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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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First appearance
1965
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.
Where Shawnta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shawnta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shawnta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1977 at #1,016 (132 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 12 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 11,605
- 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
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 43.5% of all girls named Shawnta (789) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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.
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