Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shawna

#638 most common girls' name of all time · #1,170 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1941–2025

Rank among girls
#638
Rank overall
#1,170 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
45,640
Since 2016
241
Peak year
1977 #139
Best rank
#139 1977
Girls Boys peak 2,090/yr
1960198020002020

Shawna first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 9 #10,231
2024 20 20 #6,012
2023 22 22 #5,592
2022 15 15 #7,335
2021 20 20 #6,010
2020 30 30 #4,478
2019 28 28 #4,802
2018 26 26 #5,038
2017 29 29 #4,722
2016 42 42 #3,667
2015 43 43 #3,612
2014 42 42 #3,671
2013 49 49 #3,278
2012 62 62 #2,811
2011 70 70 #2,563
2010 92 92 #2,141
2009 88 88 #2,236
2008 121 121 #1,803
2007 137 137 #1,625
2006 142 142 #1,541
2005 177 177 #1,268
2004 190 190 #1,183
2003 250 250 #941
2002 250 250 #897
2001 313 313 #766
2000 341 341 #691
1999 386 386 #620
1998 445 445 #556
1997 463 463 #516
1996 536 536 #468
1995 612 612 #425
1994 794 794 #338
1993 848 848 #315
1992 909 909 #307
1991 988 988 #282
1990 1,125 5 1,130 #249
1989 1,007 1,007 #265
1988 1,102 1,102 #239
1987 1,125 1,125 #237
1986 1,196 5 1,201 #222
1985 1,200 1,200 #215
1984 1,327 7 1,334 #201
1983 1,455 5 1,460 #187
1982 1,770 8 1,778 #162
1981 1,359 7 1,366 #198
1980 1,432 5 1,437 #188
1979 1,548 8 1,556 #177
1978 1,702 8 1,710 #161
1977 2,082 8 2,090 #139
1976 1,508 7 1,515 #168
1975 1,689 5 1,694 #161
1974 1,662 10 1,672 #162
1973 1,403 8 1,411 #188
1972 1,666 5 1,671 #174
1971 1,420 1,420 #214
1970 1,500 8 1,508 #210
1969 1,189 1,189 #249
1968 740 740 #319
1967 645 645 #353
1966 609 609 #368
1965 552 552 #396
1964 589 589 #401
1963 458 458 #453
1962 295 295 #572
1961 280 280 #603
1960 209 209 #705
1959 185 185 #749
1958 153 153 #817
1957 167 167 #779
1956 131 131 #874
1955 98 98 #1,018
1954 77 77 #1,133
1953 46 46 #1,457
1952 43 43 #1,486
1951 49 49 #1,337
1950 37 37 #1,549
1949 34 34 #1,626
1948 33 33 #1,645
1947 12 12 #3,221
1946 7 7 #4,339
1944 6 6 #4,511
1943 7 7 #4,165
1942 8 8 #3,726
1941 5 5 #5,071