Shawnn — boys' name
107 babies named Shawnn in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Shawnn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shawnn in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawnn
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Shawnn between 1964 and 1992, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shawnn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Shawnn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 44 additional births since 1964.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shawnn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shawnn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnn 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 107 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.
Shawnn at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawnn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1964
- Peak year (1976)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
107 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 12 births in a single year.
Shawnn popularity over time — girls
44 total births recorded since 1964 (Shawnn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Shawnn accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shawnn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 73 births that decade — 68% of Shawnn's all-time total
Shawnn decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shawnn's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Shawnn by state
Where Shawnn concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.7% |
5 of 107 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.