girls:
1.4k births since 1968
#4342 (24th percentile)
boys:
102 births since 1972
#4484 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1968
#6258 (19th percentile)
The name Shawnte is the #6,258 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,487 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 19.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,342 (24.0% percentile) for all time with 1,385 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,484 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 1972.
Shawnte first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Shawnte is available in 39 out of the 40 years between 1968 and 2007 (39 years for girls and 12 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 Shawnte has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shawnte reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 26.2% percentile (ranked #567) with 126 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 126 births per million (ranked 26.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
For boys, Shawnte reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #661) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawnte".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shawnte", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 46 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shante" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shante..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Shawnte. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.0% confident that Shawnte is pronounced as SHAWN-tee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHN-tay, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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