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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#398 · 1 in 2,782
- Ohio#539 · 1 in 5,149
- Virginia#566 · 1 in 4,864
- Alabama#588 · 1 in 4,583
- Michigan#972 · 1 in 11,917
Best ever in a state: #297 in Maryland, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,782 |
| Ohio | #539 | 14 | 1 in 5,149 |
| Virginia | #566 | 6 | 1 in 4,864 |
| Alabama | #588 | 5 | 1 in 4,583 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 11,917 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| New York | #1,424 | 6 | 1 in 16,487 |
| Texas | #1,686 | 5 | 1 in 22,222 |
| California | #1,801 | 7 | 1 in 23,333 |
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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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 15,003 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 89.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,204May108
- #1,204Scarlett108
- #1,204Zoe108
- #1,210Shawnta107
- #1,210Annamarie107
- #1,210Ayana107
- #1,210Brie107
- #1,226Britt106
- #1,226Inez106
- #1,226Jewel106
Tied with 15 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 143,461 of them was named Shawnta, which outranked 52.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,168Zain13
- #3,168Zaki13
- #3,168Zenon13
- #3,357Shawnta12
- #3,357Adil12
- #3,357Akili12
- #3,357Albin12
- #3,569Abdel11
- #3,569Able11
- #3,569Adren11
Tied with 211 names at #3,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.