Girls' name · since 1962
Shawni
230 babies named Shawni in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawni sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 230 recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawni has been recorded 230 times among girls since 1962, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1997.
- #18,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawni ranks #18,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawni's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shawni's full recorded timeline at 1977, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shawni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1997
- Peak year (1992)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Shawni by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (118 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Shawni's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shawni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 118 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 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, 1962–1997 (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 Shawni 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.