Shawna
Girl · SHAW-nuh · Hebrew
Shawna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Shawna mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Shawn, from Irish Sean (John)
“God is gracious”
A feminine form of Shawn, the anglicised spelling of the Irish Sean, a form of John.
- Say it
- SHAW-nuh
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Is Shawna a girl's or a boy's name?
Shawna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shawna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shawna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shawna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Shawna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Shawna, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 2,082 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer girls named Shawna than any year since 1946.
Half of all the girls named Shawna in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shawna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,227 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,800 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 142 | #1,539 |
| 2005 | 177 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,179 |
| 2003 | 250 | #941 |
| 2002 | 250 | #896 |
| 2001 | 313 | #763 |
| 2000 | 341 | #691 |
| 1999 | 386 | #620 |
| 1998 | 445 | #556 |
| 1997 | 463 | #516 |
| 1996 | 536 | #468 |
| 1995 | 612 | #425 |
| 1994 | 794 | #338 |
| 1993 | 848 | #314 |
| 1992 | 909 | #306 |
| 1991 | 988 | #281 |
| 1990 | 1,125 | #249 |
| 1989 | 1,007 | #265 |
| 1988 | 1,102 | #239 |
| 1987 | 1,125 | #237 |
| 1986 | 1,196 | #222 |
| 1985 | 1,200 | #214 |
| 1984 | 1,327 | #201 |
| 1983 | 1,455 | #187 |
| 1982 | 1,770 | #162 |
| 1981 | 1,359 | #198 |
| 1980 | 1,432 | #187 |
| 1979 | 1,548 | #177 |
| 1978 | 1,702 | #161 |
| 1977 | 2,082 | #139 |
| 1976 | 1,508 | #167 |
| 1975 | 1,689 | #160 |
| 1974 | 1,662 | #162 |
| 1973 | 1,403 | #188 |
| 1972 | 1,666 | #174 |
| 1971 | 1,420 | #214 |
| 1970 | 1,500 | #210 |
| 1969 | 1,189 | #249 |
| 1968 | 740 | #319 |
| 1967 | 645 | #353 |
| 1966 | 609 | #368 |
| 1965 | 552 | #396 |
| 1964 | 589 | #401 |
| 1963 | 458 | #451 |
| 1962 | 295 | #572 |
| 1961 | 280 | #602 |
| 1960 | 209 | #705 |
| 1959 | 185 | #747 |
| 1958 | 153 | #812 |
| 1957 | 167 | #776 |
| 1956 | 131 | #871 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,009 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,523 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,620 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
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