Shawntaya — girls' name
24 babies named Shawntaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 girls have been named Shawntaya since 1985, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 24
- total births
- 1985–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Shawntaya was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shawntaya in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawntaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Shawntaya between 1985 and 2007, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawntaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawntaya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shawntaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawntaya 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 24 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.
Shawntaya at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawntaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
24 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 8 births in a single year.
Shawntaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 46% of Shawntaya's all-time total
Shawntaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shawntaya's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–2007 (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.