Shawnte

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 93.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
#740
1977 · 207 births
Debut · girls
1968
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,385
since 1968

Shawnte over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #740, 1977peak #2,279, 1978girlsboys
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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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1986#1,89059#5,9266
1985#1,72766#3,80511
1984#2,01850#4,5528
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1982#1,76962#6,3855
1981#1,86758#4,1539
1980#1,58373#5,5256
1979#1,37789#3,56911
1978#1,138113#2,27920
1977#740207#4,1648
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1975#3,15522#4,3097
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1973#3,78716—
1972#3,27619#4,9865
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Shawnte! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2006–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shawnte is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,729 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 30,760 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shawnte, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,729 · 1 in 30,760

Best ever in a state: #197 in District of Columbia, 1977.

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See more about Shawnte
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 1,746 spots in 1977 (#2,486 → #740)
  • Biggest drop: 398 spots in 1978 (#740 → #1,138)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1977 at #740 (207 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,407
  • Highest: 1 in 7,407 girls born in 1977 were named Shawnte (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 39.9% of all girls named Shawnte (552) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#4,723 (1969)#4,935
1970s544#740 (1977)#2,810
1980s552#1,583 (1980)#2,045
1990s216#2,920 (1992)#5,819
2000s55#6,808 (2000)#12,570

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.

Shawnte in 1968

girls
#5,147
8 births · 1 in 205,049 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #5,147Shawnte8
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 205,049 of them was named Shawnte, which outranked 37.2% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shawnte
  1. #4,779Yana9
  2. #4,779Yavonne9
  3. #4,779Yevonne9
  4. #5,147Shawnte8
  5. #5,147Adra8
  6. #5,147Adrean8
  7. #5,147Adrienna8
  8. #5,642Adair7
  9. #5,642Adine7
  10. #5,642Agripina7

Tied with 494 names at #5,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →