Shawnee
The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Shawnee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
Etymology
The Story of Shawnee
The earliest SSA record of Shawnee as a baby girl name dates back to 1943, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 228 newborns named Shawnee — #865 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Shawnee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shawnee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Shawnee
Shawnee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Shawnee's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #865. Use the chart and map above to compare Shawnee'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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