Girls' name · since 1924
Pawnee
Pawnee has 15 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Pawnee since 1924, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pawnee has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1924, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1973.
- #50,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1924
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pawnee ranks #50,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1924, peaking in the 1920s.
- #50,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1924
- 1920s
- peak decade
Pawnee's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pawnee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pawnee's full recorded timeline at 1961, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births.
Pawnee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1973
- Peak year (1924)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Pawnee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Pawnee's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Pawnee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Pawnee's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pawnee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pawnee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.