Girls' name · since 1975
Shaunee
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 128 babies named Shaunee, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
128 girls have been named Shaunee since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shaunee has 128 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1999.
- #24,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaunee ranks #24,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaunee's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaunee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaunee splits its recorded history at 1991: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaunee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1999
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shaunee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Shaunee's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shaunee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaunee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1975–1999 (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 Shaunee 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.