Girls' name · since 1967
Shawny
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Shawny, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawny is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 87 have been recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawny has been recorded 87 times among girls since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1994.
- #28,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawny ranks #28,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawny's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shawny splits its recorded history at 1980: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shawny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1994
- Peak year (1992)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shawny by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Shawny's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shawny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shawny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
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, 1967–1994 (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 Shawny 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.