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Girl name

Shawntay

95% girls · last recorded 2007

Shawntay has been given to about 730 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1978, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 708
Median age today42 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shawntay per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1978 · 48
  • Born in 20250
  • All time730

How popular is Shawntay?

Its best year was 1978, when 48 babies were given the name, ranking 2266th. The typical living American called Shawntay is about 42 years old today.

Names that sound like Shawntay

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shawna0.71
  2. Shanta0.71
  3. Shauna0.64
  4. Shana0.62
  5. Shanna0.62
  6. Shayna0.62
  7. Janay0.62
  8. Shanda0.62

Middle names for Shawntay

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shawntay Eve0.80
  2. Shawntay Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shawntay Josephine0.78
  4. Shawntay Anne0.78
  5. Shawntay Rose0.77
  6. Shawntay Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shawntay

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Meredithsister · 0.68
  2. Jaimeeither · 0.68
  3. Coreybrother · 0.66
  4. Kareembrother · 0.65
  5. Laceysister · 0.65
  6. Bethanysister · 0.65

Where Shawntay is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shawntay Anderson0.74
    2. Shawntay White0.72
    3. Shawntay Reyes0.72
    4. Shawntay Nguyen0.72
    5. Shawntay Moore0.72
    6. Shawntay Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shawntay

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.