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.

Shawntel

#6,413 most common girls' name of all time · #10,818 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1963–2011

Rank among girls
#6,413
Rank overall
#10,818 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
1,152
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1995 #2,142
Best rank
#1,932 1975
Girls Boys peak 63/yr
19802000

Shawntel first appears in 1963. 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
2011 7 — 7 #13,615
2008 7 — 7 #14,120
2006 8 — 8 #12,639
2004 5 — 5 #16,537
2003 6 — 6 #14,220
2002 11 — 11 #9,012
2001 7 — 7 #12,380
2000 12 — 12 #8,178
1999 18 — 18 #5,734
1998 31 — 31 #3,776
1997 33 — 33 #3,497
1996 54 — 54 #2,408
1995 63 — 63 #2,142
1994 29 — 29 #3,740
1993 35 — 35 #3,252
1992 34 — 34 #3,301
1991 37 — 37 #3,069
1990 36 — 36 #3,121
1989 28 — 28 #3,627
1988 28 — 28 #3,436
1987 32 — 32 #3,004
1986 39 — 39 #2,543
1985 38 5 43 #2,579
1984 21 — 21 #3,821
1983 22 — 22 #3,633
1982 34 — 34 #2,746
1981 34 — 34 #2,699
1980 33 — 33 #2,783
1979 29 — 29 #2,981
1978 34 — 34 #2,560
1977 44 5 49 #2,152
1976 33 — 33 #2,476
1975 47 7 54 #1,932
1974 31 — 31 #2,484
1973 33 — 33 #2,340
1972 38 — 38 #2,088
1971 31 — 31 #2,472
1970 26 — 26 #2,772
1969 20 — 20 #3,096
1968 13 — 13 #3,980
1967 7 — 7 #5,943
1963 7 — 7 #5,881