Girls' name · since 1967
Shaunette
Shaunette has 154 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaunette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 154 recorded since 1967.
Shaunette has 154 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1967 to 1991.
- #22,522 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaunette ranks #22,522 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaunette's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaunette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaunette splits its recorded history at 1979: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaunette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1991
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shaunette by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (70 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Shaunette's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shaunette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 70 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Shaunette's decade-level peak was the 1970s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaunette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
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, 1967–1991 (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 Shaunette 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.