Feminine dossier · first seen 1941

Shawna

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shawna
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

2,082

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1941Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

99%

2024

All-time

45,522

Shawna once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 2,082 girls were named Shawna.

In 2024, only 20 girls were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 45,522 Americans have been named Shawna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1941.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

19772,082 girls named Shawna

202420 girls named Shawna

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