Shawne
Shawne was last recorded in 2008, when 8 babies were given it; 1,239 Americans have been recorded with it between 1948 and 2008 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,120 Americans named Shawne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 46 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Shawne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Shawne?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,589, in 1995; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
65 babies in 1970, the peak
Shawne peaked in 1970, when 65 babies were given it (47 girls, #1,875 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | under 5 | 8 | #9,715 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 6 | #12,124 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #11,830 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,973 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 5 | #12,929 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #10,455 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 5 | #11,847 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #9,458 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #9,088 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 5 | #10,300 |
Every recorded year (56)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7 | #11,589 | 6 | #8,710 |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,168 | 12 | #5,064 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,408 | 7 | #7,487 |
| 1992 | 6 | #13,092 | 5 | #9,588 |
| 1991 | 5 | #15,030 | 8 | #6,422 |
| 1990 | 8 | #10,022 | 6 | #7,955 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,372 | 9 | #5,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #9,088 | 11 | #4,406 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,949 | |
| 1986 | 10 | #7,047 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,868 | 10 | #4,288 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,697 | 6 | #6,202 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #4,098 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,281 | 5 | #7,207 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,861 | 5 | #7,112 |
| 1980 | 8 | #8,030 | 12 | #3,581 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 14 | #3,144 | |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,422 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,587 | 12 | #3,355 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,123 | 15 | #2,803 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,491 | 21 | #2,193 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,746 | 16 | #2,539 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,618 | 23 | #1,920 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,301 | 29 | #1,639 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,208 | 26 | #1,774 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,875 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,805 | 10 | #3,033 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,876 | 13 | #2,426 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,974 | 13 | #2,333 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,142 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,736 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,859 | 10 | #2,819 |
| 1963 | 35 | #2,008 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,202 | 5 | #4,537 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,599 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,561 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,580 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,716 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,716 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,772 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,007 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,227 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,534 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,277 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,165 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,163 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Shawne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,239 Americans recorded as Shawne, 65% are girls and 35% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Shawne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Shawne, and how old are they?
1,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 1,239 Americans ever recorded as Shawne. The median Shawne alive today is 54 years old; half are between 46 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 1,026 people named Shawne (692 women and girls, 334 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,154 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 225 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 627 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 213 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 54 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 56,791 babies since 1880, Shawne is the fifth most given (2.2% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Shawne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Shawne and names like it
- Compare Shawne and ShawnaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sShawne peaked in 1970.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Shawne since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Shawne.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Shawne alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.