Shavaun — girls' name
92 babies named Shavaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
92 girls have been named Shavaun since 1966, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 92
- total births
- 1966–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Shavaun was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shavaun in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shavaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Shavaun between 1966 and 1993, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shavaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shavaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shavaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shavaun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shavaun 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 92 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.
Shavaun at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shavaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1966
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
92 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 14 births in a single year.
Shavaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 61 births that decade — 66% of Shavaun's all-time total
Shavaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shavaun's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Shavaun by state
Where Shavaun concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1966–1993 (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.