Girls' name · since 1970
Shawnita
Shawnita has 258 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawnita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 258 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnita has been recorded 258 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1997.
- #17,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 258 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnita ranks #17,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 258 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawnita's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawnita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shawnita's full recorded timeline at 1982, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shawnita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1997
- Peak year (1977)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shawnita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (116 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Shawnita's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shawnita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
116 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 116 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Shawnita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 1990s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawnita: 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 (~27 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, 1970–1997 (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 Shawnita 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.