# Shawna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shawna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɔːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,640 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 109 / 45,531 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Shawn + -a. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 2,586 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,829 |
| 2013 | 49 | 3,308 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,706 |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,643 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,699 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,792 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,129 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,887 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,530 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,142 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,586 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,718 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,127 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,789 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 5,629 |
| 1973 | 8 | 4,000 |
| 1974 | 10 | 3,528 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,202 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,849 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,514 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,498 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,788 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,136 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,404 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,931 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,171 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,487 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,659 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,297 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 18 | 1,107 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1,313 |
| 2001 | 16 | 1,238 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,442 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,722 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Shawna

- Shawna Lenee, American pornographic actress
- Shawna Waldron, American actress
- Eva Notty, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.