Shashawna — girls' name
30 babies named Shashawna in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
30 girls have been named Shashawna since 1977, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 30
- total births
- 1977–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Shashawna was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shashawna in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shashawna
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Shashawna between 1977 and 1997, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shashawna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shashawna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shashawna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shashawna 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 30 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.
Shashawna at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shashawna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
30 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 5 births in a single year.
Shashawna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 33% of Shashawna's all-time total
Shashawna decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shashawna's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1977–1997 (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.