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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shawnee

Shawnee was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 872nd with 228 babies. More babies were named Shawnee in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1992228 babies
Total since 1880
4,029babies recorded

Shawnee popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 120 since 1969.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#11,9868
2010#9,15213
2000#2,18773
1990#1,062168
1980#2,18047
1970#1,48868
1960#1,94935
1950#2,32419
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shawnee, counting every spelling?

Shawnee has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shawnee?

About 3,700 people born in the US named Shawnee are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 30 and 52. That makes Shawnee 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.

Shawnee by state

How common Shawnee was among girls born in each state in 1990–1994, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (5.4×), Oregon (3.3×), Washington (2.3×), Arizona (2.1×), Pennsylvania (1.7×). In 30 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: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesWI0.09Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesWA0.21Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMT0.30North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMN0.08Illinois: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIL0.08Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesOR0.30Nevada: 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: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOH0.13Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCA0.08Utah: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesUT0.50Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMO0.15Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMD0.11Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.20New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesFL0.05
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shawnee, girls, 1990–1994. Darker means more common.

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

Questions about the name Shawnee

How popular is the name Shawnee?

Shawnee was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 872nd with 228 babies. More babies were named Shawnee in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shawnee a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shawnee in the US.

Where was Shawnee most popular?

In 1990–1994, Shawnee was most common in Utah (0.50 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oregon and Montana.