Shawnetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shawnetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Shawnetta between 1968 and 1999, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shawnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shawnetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnetta 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 255 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.