How Many People Are Named Shawni?
An estimated 211 people in the United States have the first name Shawni. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Shawni peaked in popularity in 1992 with 35 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shawni as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shawni paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
211
About 1 in 1,624,428 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1992
35 births
Total Registered
230
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shawni
Shawni is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 230 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Shawni as a female name
Ranked #11,895 in 1997
7 female births in 1997
Peak: 1992 (35 births)
Shawni: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shawni span from the 1960s to the 1990s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 118 babies were registered. Shawni remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Shawni by Decade
How has Shawni tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shawni + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shawni as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Shawni: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shawni?
We estimate approximately 211 people named Shawni are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,624,428 Americans share this first name.
Is Shawni a common name?
Shawni is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 230 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shawni most popular?
Shawni reached peak popularity in 1992, when 35 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shawni is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shawni a female name?
Shawni is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shawni Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shawni Smith, Shawni Johnson, Shawni Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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