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How popular is “Shawna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shawna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shawna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shawna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shawna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shawna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shawna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shawna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 33 0.000009558 33 100%
1949 34 0.000009757 34 100%
1950 37 0.000010561 37 100%
1951 49 0.000013302 49 100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 100%
1953 46 0.000011937 46 100%
1954 77 0.000019343 77 100%
1955 98 0.000024408 98 100%
1956 131 0.000031773 131 100%
1957 167 0.000039742 167 100%
1958 153 0.000037011 153 100%
1959 185 0.000044493 185 100%
1960 209 0.000050315 209 100%
1961 280 0.000067595 280 100%
1962 295 0.000073104 295 100%
1963 458 0.000115709 458 100%
1964 589 0.000151507 589 100%
1965 552 0.000152257 552 100%
1966 609 0.000175219 609 100%
1967 645 0.000189991 645 100%
1968 740 0.000219038 740 100%
1969 1189 0.000342126 1189 100%
1970 1508 0.000418132 1500 8 99%
1971 1421 0.000414001 1421 100%
1972 1671 0.000531659 1666 5 99%
1973 1411 0.000467701 1403 8 99%
1974 1672 0.00055 1662 10 99%
1975 1689 0.000559384 1689 100%
1976 1516 0.000499621 1508 8 99%
1977 2090 0.000657958 2082 8 99%
1978 1710 0.000538774 1702 8 99%
1979 1556 0.000467689 1548 8 99%
1980 1436 0.000416896 1431 5 99%
1981 1366 0.000394869 1359 7 99%
1982 1778 0.000506847 1770 8 99%
1983 1460 0.000421559 1455 5 99%
1984 1334 0.000382371 1327 7 99%
1985 1200 0.000336218 1200 100%
1986 1201 0.000337637 1196 5 99%
1987 1125 0.000312013 1125 100%
1988 1102 0.000298237 1102 100%
1989 1007 0.000261936 1007 100%
1990 1130 0.000285897 1125 5 99%
1991 988 0.000253641 988 100%
1992 909 0.00023664 909 100%
1993 848 0.000224917 848 100%
1994 794 0.000213576 794 100%
1995 612 0.000167115 612 100%
1996 536 0.000146962 536 100%
1997 463 0.000127698 463 100%
1998 445 0.000120983 445 100%
1999 386 0.000104498 386 100%
2000 341 0.000090214 341 100%
2001 313 0.000083614 313 100%
2002 250 0.000066875 250 100%
2003 250 0.000065749 250 100%
2004 190 0.000049726 190 100%
2005 177 0.000046036 177 100%
2006 142 0.000035893 142 100%
2007 137 0.00003427 137 100%
2008 121 0.000030784 121 100%
2009 88 0.000023036 88 100%
2010 92 0.000024894 92 100%
2011 70 0.000019137 70 100%
2012 62 0.000016952 62 100%
2013 49 0.000013441 49 100%
2014 42 0.000011332 42 100%
2015 43 0.000011619 43 100%
2016 42 0.000011448 42 100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 100%
2019 28 0.000008067 28 100%
2020 30 0.00000898 30 100%
2021 20 0.000005903 20 100%
2022 15 0.000004434 15 100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

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