Girls' name · since 1989
Shawnay
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.
- #32,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Shawnay since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shawnay has 64 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 1999.
- #32,193 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnay ranks #32,193 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawnay's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawnay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shawnay splits its recorded history at 1994: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shawnay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1999
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Shawnay by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Shawnay's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Shawnay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawnay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 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, 1989–1999 (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 Shawnay 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.