Girls' name · since 1972
Shawntee
207 babies named Shawntee in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawntee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 207 recorded since 1972.
Shawntee has 207 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1993.
- #19,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawntee ranks #19,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawntee's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shawntee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shawntee's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shawntee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1993
- Peak year (1977)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shawntee by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (93 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Shawntee's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shawntee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 93 births (45% of all-time use).
Shawntee by state
Where Shawntee concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 9.2% |
19 of 207 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shawntee's data
- Shawntee's decade-level peak was the 1970s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shawntees (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawntee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1972–1993 (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 Shawntee 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.