Girls' name · since 1968
Shawntelle
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 210 babies named Shawntelle, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,320 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawntelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 210 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawntelle has been recorded 210 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1995.
- #19,320 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawntelle ranks #19,320 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,320 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawntelle's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawntelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shawntelle splits its recorded history at 1981: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shawntelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1995
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shawntelle by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (90 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Shawntelle's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shawntelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 90 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Shawntelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 1990s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawntelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1968–1995 (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 Shawntelle 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.