Shawnee
Girl · shaw-NEE · Native American
Shawnee is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “southerners”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shawnee mean?
Native American: from the name of the Shawnee people, an Algonquian word
“southerners”
Taken from the Shawnee, an Algonquian-speaking Native American people originally of the Ohio Valley.
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Is Shawnee a girl's or a boy's name?
Shawnee is a girls' name.
How popular is Shawnee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
Shawnee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Shawnee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 228 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Shawnee in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shawnee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 73 | #2,170 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,854 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 119 | #1,378 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 176 | #1,042 |
| 1992 | 228 | #863 |
| 1991 | 155 | #1,141 |
| 1990 | 168 | #1,055 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,938 |
| 1988 | 58 | #2,028 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,653 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,252 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 69 | #1,448 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,361 |
| 1972 | 83 | #1,248 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1970 | 68 | #1,474 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,632 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,595 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,532 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,841 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
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