Shawnita is a very rare variant of Shanta that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shawnita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1997. Shawnita was first reported in SSA data in 1970 and peaked in 1977 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | — | #15,757 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #15,384 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #11,602 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #11,311 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,415 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #9,536 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #5,852 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #11,069 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #6,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,873 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,171 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,630 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,371 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #5,526 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,302 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #6,100 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #4,889 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #4,036 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,500 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #7,024 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #4,008 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #4,540 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #8,069 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #4,494 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,265 |