Boys' name · since 1969
Schawn
Schawn has 66 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,253 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Schawn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 66 recorded since 1969.
Schawn has 66 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1979.
- #20,253 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 66 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Schawn ranks #20,253 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,253 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Schawn's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Schawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Schawn's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Schawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1979
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Schawn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 91% of the file).
1970s was Schawn's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Schawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (91% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Schawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1969–1979 (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 Schawn 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.