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Girl name

Shawnya

100% girls · last recorded 1984

Shawnya has been given to about 141 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Living in the US≈ 134
Median age today53 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shawnya per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1970 · 33
  • Born in 20250
  • All time141

How popular is Shawnya?

Its best year was 1970, when 33 babies were given the name, ranking 2346th. The typical living American called Shawnya is about 53 years old today.

Names that sound like Shawnya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shawna0.83
  2. Shaniya0.81
  3. Tawnya0.79
  4. Shauna0.75
  5. Shania0.75
  6. Shana0.73
  7. Shanna0.73
  8. Shayna0.73

Middle names for Shawnya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shawnya Josephine0.84
  2. Shawnya Rose0.83
  3. Shawnya Louise0.83
  4. Shawnya June0.82
  5. Shawnya Pearl0.82
  6. Shawnya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Shawnya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.53
  2. Amysister · 0.53
  3. Jennifersister · 0.52
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.52
  5. Damonbrother · 0.48
  6. Brianbrother · 0.45

Where Shawnya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shawnya White0.78
    2. Shawnya Reyes0.78
    3. Shawnya Nguyen0.78
    4. Shawnya Moore0.78
    5. Shawnya Lee0.78
    6. Shawnya Hill0.78

    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 Shawnya

    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.