Shawan

Girl · recorded 1965–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shawan.

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Its story

Popularity since 1965

061219651971197819841990

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Shawan, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19653
19694
19709
197110
197212
197310
197410
19758
197612
197710
19788
19798
19809
19815
19826
19835
19844
19865
19873
19883
19905

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shawan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Shawan

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1990
9
Rank in 1990
#8,501
How rare
1 in 210,949 girls
Since 1965
236

Shawan was last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1972, at 12 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shawan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.