Girls' name · since 1969
Shavonna
Shavonna has 799 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 799
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
799 girls have been named Shavonna since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shavonna has 799 recorded births among girls since 1969, 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 1969 to 2010.
- #8,731 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 799 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavonna ranks #8,731 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 799 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 799
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavonna's 799 recorded births place it above 87.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Shavonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shavonna's full recorded timeline at 1990, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shavonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2010
- Peak year (1992)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Shavonna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (300 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Shavonna's strongest decade.
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Shavonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
122 births
- 1980s
1980s
284 births
- 1990s
1990s
300 births
- 2000s 83
2000s
83 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 300 births (38% of all-time use).
How Shavonna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shavonna's total volume
Shavonna by state
Where Shavonna concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 18 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 13 | 1.6% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
35 of 799 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Shavonna appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shavonna's data
- Shavonna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (300 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.
- New York records the most Shavonnas (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Shavonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1969–2010 (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 Shavonna 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.