Shawnna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAW-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Shawnna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shawnna mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shawna; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Shawna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Shawnna a girl's or a boy's name?
Shawnna is a girls' name.
How popular is Shawnna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Shawnna in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shawnna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,948 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 89 | #1,374 |
| 1981 | 85 | #1,433 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 126 | #1,085 |
| 1978 | 109 | #1,162 |
| 1977 | 144 | #959 |
| 1976 | 93 | #1,216 |
| 1975 | 74 | #1,415 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,094 |
| 1973 | 90 | #1,194 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,192 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 117 | #1,050 |
| 1969 | 85 | #1,208 |
| 1968 | 58 | #1,491 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
Names like Shawnna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Shawnna
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shawnna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shawnna, updated 20 October 2026.