Girls' name · since 1966
Shavette
106 babies named Shavette in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
106 girls have been named Shavette since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavette has been recorded 106 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1990.
- #26,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavette ranks #26,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shavette's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shavette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shavette splits its recorded history at 1980: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shavette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shavette by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (47 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Shavette's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shavette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 47 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shavette's decade-level peak was the 1980s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Shavette: 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, 1966–1990 (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 Shavette 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.