Shawntavia — girls' name
190 babies named Shawntavia in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
190 girls have been named Shawntavia since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 190
- total births
- 1981–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Shawntavia was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shawntavia in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawntavia
The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Shawntavia between 1981 and 2004, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawntavia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawntavia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shawntavia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shawntavia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawntavia 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 190 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.
Shawntavia at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawntavia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1981
- Peak year (1993)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
190 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 14 births in a single year.
Shawntavia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 86 births that decade — 45% of Shawntavia's all-time total
Shawntavia decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shawntavia's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Shawntavia by state
Where Shawntavia concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 28 | 14.7% |
28 of 190 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 14.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 14.7% 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, 1981–2004 (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.