Shawana — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shawana

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,881 babies named Shawana between 1956 and 2000, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shawana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 222 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shawana in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawana 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 1,881 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.