Girls' name · since 1970
Shawona
43 babies named Shawona in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 43 have been recorded since 1970.
Shawona has 43 recorded births among girls since 1970, 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 1970 to 1987.
- #36,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawona ranks #36,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shawona's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shawona's full recorded timeline at 1978, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shawona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1987
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shawona by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (28 births, 65% of the file).
1970s was Shawona's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Shawona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Shawona's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 1980s (15) -- 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 Shawona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1970–1987 (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 Shawona 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.