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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shawana

Shawana was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1057th with 125 babies. More babies were named Shawana in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1977125 babies
Total since 1880
1,881babies recorded

Shawana popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#9,06411
1990#3,28334
1980#1,132121
1970#2,00642
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shawana, counting every spelling?

Shawana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shawana?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Shawana are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 42 and 52. That makes Shawana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Shawana by state

How common Shawana was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.8×), Georgia (2.9×), New York (2.6×), Florida (2.3×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesNY0.18Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesLA0.26Mississippi: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMS0.09Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesGA0.20Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesFL0.16
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shawana, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shawana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shawana, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shawana

How popular is the name Shawana?

Shawana was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1057th with 125 babies. More babies were named Shawana in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shawana a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,881 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shawana most popular?

In 1975–1979, Shawana was most common in Louisiana (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and New York.