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.
Where Shawnta is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#476 · 1 in 3,709
- Ohio#1,014 · 1 in 14,023
Best ever in a state: #297 in Maryland, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #476 | 5 | 1 in 3,709 |
| Ohio | #1,014 | 5 | 1 in 14,023 |
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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 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 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 30,574 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 82.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,801Sydney49
- #1,801Tandra49
- #1,801Yessenia49
- #1,820Shawnta48
- #1,820Alyce48
- #1,820Audrea48
- #1,820Bethanie48
- #1,848Alesia47
- #1,848Andre47
- #1,848Brandyn47
Tied with 27 names at #1,820; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 174,704 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 40.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,318Woodie10
- #3,318Yisroel10
- #3,318Yolanda10
- #3,558Shawnta9
- #3,558Aaren9
- #3,558Adren9
- #3,558Akiva9
- #3,837Abdon8
- #3,837Agostino8
- #3,837Agron8
Tied with 278 names at #3,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.