Girls' name · since 1979
Shauni
265 babies named Shauni in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shauni is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 265 have been recorded since 1979.
Shauni has 265 recorded births among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 2011.
- #17,047 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 265 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shauni ranks #17,047 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 265 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shauni's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shauni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shauni's full recorded timeline at 1997, 25% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 75% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shauni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2011
- Peak year (1990)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shauni by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (214 births, 81% of the file).
1990s was Shauni's strongest decade.
214 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Shauni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
214 births
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 214 births (81% of all-time use).
Shauni by state
Where Shauni concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 2.3% |
12 of 265 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Shauni's data
- Shauni's decade-level peak was the 1990s (214 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shaunis (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shauni: 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 (~32 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, 1979–2011 (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 Shauni 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.