Shanavia
Shanavia Dowdell is an American professional basketball player for Declercq Stortbeton Waregem in Belgium. She played college basketball at Louisiana Tech. In her senior year, she recorded 22 double doubles which was the most among all players in Division I basketball. She was the third leading rebounder in the nation, averaging 12.4 per game.
Meaning & Origin of Shanavia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shanavia Dowdell is an American professional basketball player for Declercq Stortbeton Waregem in Belgium. She played college basketball at Louisiana Tech. In her senior year, she recorded 22 double doubles which was the most among all players in Division I basketball. She was the third leading rebounder in the nation, averaging 12.4 per game.
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The Story of Shanavia
The earliest SSA record of Shanavia as a baby girl name dates back to 1977, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Shanavia — #4,088 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Shanavia on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shanavia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 220 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shanavia
Shanavia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 220 births in the dataset. Shanavia's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #4,088. Use the chart and map above to compare Shanavia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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