Shavonne — girls' name
2,951 babies named Shavonne in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Shavonne was born in this single decade.
268 babies were named Shavonne in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shavonne
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,951 babies named Shavonne between 1956 and 2018, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shavonne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 268 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shavonne performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,389 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shavonne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 386 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shavonne in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shavonne 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 2,951 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.
Shavonne at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shavonne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1956
- Peak year (1979)
- 268
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
2,951 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 268 births in a single year.
Shavonne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,389 births that decade — 47% of Shavonne's all-time total
Shavonne decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,389 births
- Runner-up 724 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shavonne's strongest decade
1,389 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Shavonne by state
Where Shavonne concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 386 | 13.1% |
| #2 | California | | 203 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 163 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 128 | 4.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 117 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 114 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 107 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 80 | 2.7% |
386 of 2,951 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.1% of nationwide
- California 6.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shavonne appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1956–2018 (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.