Shavna — girls' name
32 babies named Shavna in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 girls have been named Shavna since 1970, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1986.
- 32
- total births
- 1970–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Shavna was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shavna in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shavna
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Shavna between 1970 and 1986, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shavna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shavna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shavna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shavna 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 32 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.
Shavna at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shavna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1970
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
32 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 6 births in a single year.
Shavna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 21 births that decade — 66% of Shavna's all-time total
Shavna decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shavna's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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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, 1970–1986 (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.