girls:
44 births since 1964
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
107 births since 1964
#4479 (2nd percentile)
overall:
151 births since 1964
#7588 (2nd percentile)
The name Shawnn is the #7,588 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 151 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,479 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 107 births since 1964. For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1964.
Shawnn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 . Birth data for Shawnn is available in 15 out of the 29 years between 1964 and 1992 (15 years for boys and 6 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 Shawnn has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.9% of all recorded births being male. In 1992, 100.0% of babies named Shawnn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (52.8% girls from 1964 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.4% boys from 1974 to 1992).
For boys, Shawnn reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #649) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
For girls, Shawnn reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #768) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawnn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shawnn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Shawnn is pronounced as shawn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shahn, at 17.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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