Shawnya — girls' name
141 babies named Shawnya in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
141 girls have been named Shawnya since 1969, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1984.
- 141
- total births
- 1969–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Shawnya was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Shawnya in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawnya
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Shawnya between 1969 and 1984, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawnya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawnya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shawnya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawnya 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 141 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.
Shawnya at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawnya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1969
- Peak year (1970)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
141 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 33 births in a single year.
Shawnya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 104 births that decade — 74% of Shawnya's all-time total
Shawnya decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shawnya's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–1984 (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.