Shawnette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shawnette

The Social Security Administration has registered 750 babies named Shawnette between 1957 and 2001, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 391 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shawnette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shawnette in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnette 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 750 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.