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.

Shawnya

#21,590 most common girls' name of all time · #35,218 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–1984

Rank among girls
#21,590
Rank overall
#35,218 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
141
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #2,353
Best rank
#2,353 1970
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1980

Shawnya first appears in 1969. 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
1984 8 — 8 #7,784
1983 5 — 5 #11,008
1982 6 — 6 #9,817
1980 9 — 9 #7,157
1979 6 — 6 #9,572
1978 11 — 11 #5,817
1977 5 — 5 #10,463
1975 10 — 10 #5,864
1974 9 — 9 #6,137
1973 7 — 7 #7,222
1972 11 — 11 #5,068
1971 12 — 12 #4,782
1970 33 — 33 #2,353
1969 9 — 9 #5,451