Baby name

Shawna

Girl

Origin of the name

Shawna is a feminine form of Shawn, that is, Sean, the Irish form of John.

Short-lived name

1977 was its best year: 2,082 births, or 1 baby in 1,526. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 20 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 10104. 36% of all babies named Shawna since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

45,531births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 139rank at its peak, in 1977

Where babies named Shawna are born

1977

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The darker the blue, the more common Shawna is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shawna is most common in Montana (3.7 times), Wyoming (3.7) and Idaho (3.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shawn 33,055
Shana 29,635
Shanna 28,284
Shauna 28,071
Shayna 16,267
Shaina 11,992

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