Shawta — girls' name
42 babies named Shawta in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 girls have been named Shawta since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1986.
- 42
- total births
- 1977–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Shawta was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shawta in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shawta
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Shawta between 1977 and 1986, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shawta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shawta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shawta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shawta 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 42 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.
Shawta at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shawta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1977
- Peak year (1978)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
42 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 9 births in a single year.
Shawta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 27 births that decade — 64% of Shawta's all-time total
Shawta decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shawta's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1977–1986 (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.