Shawnay — girls' name
64 babies named Shawnay in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
64 girls have been named Shawnay since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 64
- total births
- 1989–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Shawnay was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shawnay in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawnay
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Shawnay between 1989 and 1999, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shawnay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnay 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 64 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.
Shawnay at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawnay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
64 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 17 births in a single year.
Shawnay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 47 births that decade — 73% of Shawnay's all-time total
Shawnay decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shawnay's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–1999 (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.