Shawnta

Girl · recorded 1965–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2008. 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 Shawnta.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1965

0438619651976198719972008

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Shawnta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19653
19664
19674
19685
19697
197010
197127
197220
197322
197433
197527
197631
197786
197886
197967
198054
198152
198247
198344
198447
198554
198641
198747
198844
198931
199028
199129
199226
199323
199419
199510
19968
199711
19989
19995
20005
20013
20024
20053
20063
20074
20084

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shawnta 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
7
Rank in 2008
#13,832
How rare
1 in 270,134 girls
Since 1965
1,812

Shawnta was last recorded in 2008. 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 1978, at 86 per million girls born.

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

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