girls:
810 births since 1948
#4906 (14th percentile)
boys:
429 births since 1962
#4157 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1948
#6502 (16th percentile)
The name Shawne is the #6,502 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,239 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 16.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,906 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 810 births since 1948. For boys, it ranks #4,157 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 429 births since 1962.
Shawne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for girls and 1962 for boys). Birth data for Shawne is available in 56 out of the 61 years between 1948 and 2008 (43 years for girls and 42 years for boys). 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 Shawne has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.4% of all recorded births). In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Shawne were girls. Interestingly, until around 1980, the name was more popular for girls (74.2% girls from 1948 to 1979), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (62.6% boys from 1980 to 2008).
For girls, Shawne reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #721) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
For boys, Shawne reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #637) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawne".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shawne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Shawne is pronounced as shawn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAW-nee, at 34.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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