Girls' name · since 1971
Shawnese
173 babies named Shawnese in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
173 girls have been named Shawnese since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shawnese has 173 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2004.
- #21,346 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 173 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnese ranks #21,346 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 173 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shawnese's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawnese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shawnese's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shawnese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2004
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Shawnese by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (69 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Shawnese's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Shawnese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 69 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Shawnese's decade-level peak was the 1980s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shawnese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1971–2004 (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 Shawnese 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.