Shawnell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Shawnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Shawnell between 1968 and 1994, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Shawnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shawnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnell 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 248 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.