Shawna
Shawna was the 10789th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 139th with 2,082 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,146 places. More babies were named Shawna in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning feminine of Shawn (John); "God is gracious" · Irish, American English, Hebrew
Say it SHAW-nuh /ˈʃɔnə/
- Rank in 2025
- #10,789 girls, down 6,259 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19772,082 babies
- Total since 1880
- 45,640babies recorded
What does the name Shawna mean?
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)
Shawna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 109 since 1970.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,789 | 9 |
| 2020 | #4,530 | 30 |
| 2010 | #2,151 | 92 |
| 2000 | #692 | 341 |
| 1990 | #249 | 1,125 |
| 1980 | #188 | 1,432 |
| 1970 | #210 | 1,500 |
| 1960 | #706 | 209 |
| 1950 | #1,547 | 37 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shawna, counting every spelling?
Shawna is the most common spelling of 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 Shawna?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shawna (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shawna 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shawna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shawna?
About 43,100 people born in the US named Shawna are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 38 and 53. That makes Shawna 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 Shawna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shawna, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Shawna · Sibling names for Shawna
Questions about the name Shawna
What does Shawna mean?
Shawna means “feminine of Shawn (John); "God is gracious"” (Irish, American English, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Shawna?
Shawna was the 10789th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 139th with 2,082 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,146 places. More babies were named Shawna in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Shawna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shawna in the US.