Girls' name · since 1972
Shawndee
37 babies named Shawndee in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
37 girls have been named Shawndee since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shawndee has 37 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1991.
- #38,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawndee ranks #38,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #38,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawndee's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shawndee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shawndee splits its recorded history at 1974: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shawndee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1991
- Peak year (1972)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shawndee by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (31 births, 84% of the file).
1970s was Shawndee's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Shawndee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 31 births (84% of all-time use).
Shawndee by state
Where Shawndee concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 13.5% |
5 of 37 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shawndee's data
- Shawndee's decade-level peak was the 1970s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shawndees (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawndee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1972–1991 (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 Shawndee 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.