Shawna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shawna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shawna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #689 in 2005, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#689highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1450
1998	#1823
1999	#1107
2000	#1313
2001	#1238
2002	#1442
2003	#1722
2004	#2802
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2008	#2022
2010	#5707
2012	#4171
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2019	#5591

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Shawna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shawna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	88	9 of 10	10
2010s	17	5 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shawna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Shawna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2019, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #689, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shaw · #727, 11y
Shawn · #290, 29y
Shay · #39, 39y
Shaya · #1369, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brieanna · #689, 15y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y
Mihaela · #689, 18y
Raghad · #689, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bonita · #689, 29y
Brieanna · #689, 15y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y

Shawna was ranked #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shawna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shawna without appearing here.

Shawna moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1823 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1107 and #1970.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Shawna

Karin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2022 and #2150 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #1993.
Linnea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2022 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2392.
Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4171 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Marilyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2022 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Shawna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 while Ada went from #2683 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 while Alma went from #2096 to #345.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 while Alyssa went from #783 to #255.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 while Amalie went from #2096 to #996.

Moved the same way as Shawna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 and Abigail from #21 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 and Aimee from #70 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 and Aisling from #440 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Shawna went from #1646 to #5591 and Alex from #161 to #1389.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shawna

Shawna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shawna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shawna at a glance

Shawna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shawna

Shawna and the names beside it

Shawna moved ahead of

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