How Many People Are Named Shawna?
people named Shawna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,893 people in the US has this name
Based on 45,640 babies named Shawna in Social Security records from 1941 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,090 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of SHAWN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shawna in English. Counting Shawna and these spellings together, about 72,013 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shawna (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shawna alive today is about 44 years old, and 83% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shawna first appears in the records in 1941 and was given most often in 1977, to 2,090 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1941 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shawna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #139, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #10,785.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,785 |
| Best rank | #139 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #174 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shawna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shawna were born in California than in any other state: about 5,854 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shawna was given 3.9 times as often in Montana, 3.6 times in Idaho and 3.6 times in Wyoming.
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