girls:
854 births since 1970
#4862 (15th percentile)
boys:
15 births since 1978
#4571 (0th percentile)
overall:
869 births since 1970
#6870 (11th percentile)
The name Shawntae is the #6,870 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 869 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,862 (14.9% percentile) for all time with 854 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1978.
Shawntae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Shawntae is available in 38 out of the 41 years between 1970 and 2010 (38 years for girls and 2 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 Shawntae has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shawntae reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #718) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Shawntae reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #671) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawntae".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shawntae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.1% confident that Shawntae is pronounced as shahn-TAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAWN-tay, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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