Shawna — #5984 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shawna

The Social Security Administration has registered 45,522 babies named Shawna between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawna currently holds the #5984 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 2,082 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16,181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shawna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,208 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shawna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawna 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 45,522 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.