Girls' name · since 1977
Shawntaye
Shawntaye has 12 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shawntaye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawntaye has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1987.
- #52,307 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawntaye ranks #52,307 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #52,307 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shawntaye's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawntaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shawntaye's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shawntaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Shawntaye by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Shawntaye's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shawntaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawntaye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1977–1987 (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 Shawntaye 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.