Shawnee comes from the English / NativeAmerican tradition, meaning Native American tribe name..
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How popular is Shawnee?
1992peak year
Today, Shawnee is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12103), with only about 9 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1992, 228 babies were given the name (ranked #872 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Shawnee's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 4,028 babies have been registered as Shawnee since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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