girls:
146 births since 1967
#5570 (3rd percentile)
boys:
258 births since 1970
#4328 (6th percentile)
overall:
404 births since 1967
#7335 (5th percentile)
The name Shawndell is the #7,335 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 404 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,328 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,570 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1967.
Shawndell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Shawndell is available in 35 out of the 41 years between 1967 and 2007 (30 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shawndell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2007, 100.0% of babies named Shawndell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (65.1% girls from 1967 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.7% boys from 1978 to 2007).
For boys, Shawndell reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #666) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
For girls, Shawndell reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #725) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawndell".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Shawndell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.2% confident that Shawndell is pronounced as SHAWN-dehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHN-dehl, at 18.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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