Shajuan — unisex name
142 babies named Shajuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
142 girls have been named Shajuan since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 142
- total births
- 1970–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Shajuan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shajuan in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shajuan
The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Shajuan between 1970 and 1997, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shajuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Shajuan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shajuan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shajuan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shajuan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shajuan at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shajuan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1970
- Peak year (1981)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
142 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 14 births in a single year.
Shajuan popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 1990 (Shajuan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shajuan accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shajuan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 60 births that decade — 42% of Shajuan's all-time total
Shajuan decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shajuan's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.