Shauna
Shauna was the 9374th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 189th with 1,403 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,672 places. More babies were named Shauna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Shawna) feminine of Shawn (John); "God is gracious" · Irish, American English, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #9,374 girls, down 2,774 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19791,403 babies
- Total since 1880
- 28,121babies recorded
What does the name Shauna mean?
Shauna is a spelling of Shawna, pronounced the same way, so it shares Shawna's meaning and origin.
Shawna is a modern feminine of Shawn, an English spelling of the Irish Seán (John), made by adding -a. Seán came into Irish from Norman French Jehan, and through Latin and Greek goes back to the Hebrew Yohanan, "God is gracious". Shawna and Shauna came into use in North America in the mid-20th century and were most popular in the 1970s.
Seán (Irish, “John”)יוֹחָנָן (Hebrew, “Yohanan, "God is gracious"”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Shauna, Shawn, Sean, Seana.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God, names that mean grace.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Shawna', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Shawn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Shawna', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Shauna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 50 since 1968.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,374 | 11 |
| 2020 | #6,600 | 18 |
| 2010 | #3,354 | 49 |
| 2000 | #1,039 | 203 |
| 1990 | #364 | 730 |
| 1980 | #224 | 1,142 |
| 1970 | #337 | 778 |
| 1960 | #716 | 203 |
| 1950 | #775 | 125 |
| 1940 | #2,929 | 10 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shauna, counting every spelling?
Shauna is a spelling of Shawna, a name family that had 20 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 20 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawna | 9 | #10,789 | 86 |
| Shauna | 11 | #9,374 | 59 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Shauna?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shauna (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shauna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shauna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shauna?
About 26,300 people born in the US named Shauna are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 38 and 54. That makes Shauna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shauna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shauna, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shauna
What does Shauna mean?
Shauna is a spelling of Shawna, which means “feminine of Shawn (John); "God is gracious"” (Irish, American English, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Shauna?
Shauna was the 9374th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 189th with 1,403 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,672 places. More babies were named Shauna in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Shauna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shauna in the US.