How Many People Are Named Shawnta?

1,851

people named Shawnta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 184,648 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,930 babies named Shawnta in Social Security records from 1965 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,091

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,965

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Peak Year

1978

147 births

Trend

2008

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
94.2%
Male
5.9%

Of the babies given the name Shawnta, 94.2% were girls and 5.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shawnta rose from 89.2% in the 1970s to 100% in the 1990s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Shawnta alive today is about 42 years old, and 94% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 47 in 2025.

Under 30 103
5.6%
30 to 59 1,744
94.2%
60 and over 4
0.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Shawnta first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1978, to 147 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.

Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2008

🏆 Rank History

Shawnta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,021, in 1977.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,021 (1977)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,556 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Shawnta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shawnta were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 118 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shawnta was given 8.6 times as often in Maryland, 3.4 times in Ohio and 2.2 times in Florida.

Ohio 118
California 107
Maryland 92
New York 63
Florida 59
Texas 47
Virginia 44
South Carolina 38
Illinois 28
Michigan 26
North Carolina 25
Indiana 17
Pennsylvania 14
Alabama 10
Georgia 7
Kentucky 6
New Jersey 5
Kansas 5
Tennessee 5
Missouri 5

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