Shawona — girls' name
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.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Shawona since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1987.
- 43
- total births
- 1970–1987
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Shawona was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shawona in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawona
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Shawona between 1970 and 1987, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawona performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shawona shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawona 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 43 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.
Shawona at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1970
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
43 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 8 births in a single year.
Shawona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 28 births that decade — 65% of Shawona's all-time total
Shawona decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shawona's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 1970–1987 (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.