Shawneen — girls' name
123 babies named Shawneen in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
123 girls have been named Shawneen since 1959, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1988.
- 123
- total births
- 1959–1988
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Shawneen was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shawneen in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawneen
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Shawneen between 1959 and 1988, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawneen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawneen performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shawneen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shawneen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawneen 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 123 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.
Shawneen at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawneen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1959
- Peak year (1971)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
123 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 14 births in a single year.
Shawneen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 54 births that decade — 44% of Shawneen's all-time total
Shawneen decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shawneen's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Shawneen by state
Where Shawneen concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 5.7% |
7 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1959–1988 (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.