Girls' name · since 1964
Shawnae
Since 1964, U.S. Social Security records show 352 babies named Shawnae, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1964
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawnae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 352 recorded since 1964.
Shawnae has 352 recorded births among girls since 1964, 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 1964 to 2011.
- #14,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 352 born since 1964
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnae ranks #14,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 352 born since 1964, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 352
- born since 1964
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawnae's 352 recorded births place it above 79.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawnae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shawnae's full recorded timeline at 1990, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shawnae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2011
- Peak year (1998)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Shawnae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (167 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Shawnae's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shawnae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s
1990s
167 births
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 167 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Shawnae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (167 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawnae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1964–2011 (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 Shawnae 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.