Given name

Shadawn

Shadawn is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shadawn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shadawn through the years

Babies since 1880
104
0 boys · 104 girls
Most popular year
1990
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02468198020002025Highest share 19900.0
Shadawn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Shadawn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Sharnaye

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Shakarra

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Shanekqa

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>99% girls

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Shyma

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>99% girls

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Shanesia

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>99% girls

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Shellby

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>99% girls

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Shaunice

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Shadawn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Shadawn

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