Shawntia — girls' name
306 babies named Shawntia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
306 girls have been named Shawntia since 1975, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2007.
- 306
- total births
- 1975–2007
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Shawntia was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Shawntia in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawntia
The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Shawntia between 1975 and 2007, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawntia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawntia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shawntia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shawntia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawntia 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 306 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.
Shawntia at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawntia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1975
- Peak year (1989)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
306 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 24 births in a single year.
Shawntia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 137 births that decade — 45% of Shawntia's all-time total
Shawntia decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shawntia's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Shawntia by state
Where Shawntia concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 306 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 2.0% 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, 1975–2007 (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.