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
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 207 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,385since 1968
Shawnte 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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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
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| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #1,727 | 66 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,769 | 62 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #1,138 | 113 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #740 | 207 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#413 · 1 in 3,093
- Maryland#490 · 1 in 3,651
- Georgia#507 · 1 in 3,583
- Ohio#685 · 1 in 7,662
- Florida#700 · 1 in 5,503
Best ever in a state: #197 in District of Columbia, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #413 | 9 | 1 in 3,093 |
| Maryland | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Georgia | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,583 |
| Ohio | #685 | 9 | 1 in 7,662 |
| Florida | #700 | 8 | 1 in 5,503 |
| California | #897 | 19 | 1 in 8,070 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
| New York | #1,604 | 5 | 1 in 19,665 |
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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 Shawnte
- 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)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1977 at #740 (207 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1977
- 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%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Shawnte (552) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #4,723 (1969) | #4,935 |
| 1970s | 544 | #740 (1977) | #2,810 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,583 (1980) | #2,045 |
| 1990s | 216 | #2,920 (1992) | #5,819 |
| 2000s | 55 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 13,556 of them was named Shawnte, which outranked 90.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 82,092 of them was named Shawnte, which outranked 66.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,205Willian21
- #2,205Wm21
- #2,205Zakee21
- #2,279Shawnte20
- #2,279Adnan20
- #2,279Alicia20
- #2,279Antawn20
- #2,375Adrin19
- #2,375Aja19
- #2,375Albaro19
Tied with 95 names at #2,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.