Shawnee — #12266 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shawnee

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,908 babies named Shawnee between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnee currently holds the #12266 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 228 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,427 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shawnee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 455 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shawnee in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnee 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 3,908 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.