girls:
695 births since 1967
#5021 (12th percentile)
boys:
35 births since 1974
#4551 (1st percentile)
overall:
730 births since 1967
#7009 (9th percentile)
The name Shawntay is the #7,009 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 730 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 9.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,021 (12.1% percentile) for all time with 695 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,551 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 35 births since 1974.
Shawntay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Shawntay is available in 37 out of the 41 years between 1967 and 2007 (37 years for girls and 6 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 Shawntay has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shawntay reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #720) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
For boys, Shawntay reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #674) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawntay".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Shawntay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.1% confident that Shawntay is pronounced as SHAWN-tay, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAWN-TAY, at 19.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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