Shana

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #6,415
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 1,563 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,635
since 1937

Shana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shana has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #174, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,09925
2024#4,20734
2023#5,12625
2022#5,46523
2021#8,46412
2020#4,54829
2019#4,54630
2018#4,45831
2017#4,30433
2016#6,18620
2015#3,98937
2014#4,45532
2013#4,54331
2012#3,04055
2011#3,30349
2010#3,30649
2009#2,85261
2008#2,12295
2007#2,50974
2006#1,833111
2005#1,719115
2004#1,698114
2003#1,386144
2002#1,404137
2001#1,322145
2000#1,075192
1999#975212
1998#837254
1997#762277
1996#652342
1995#607367
1994#579395
1993#486521
1992#423596
1991#369698
1990#349762#6,4157
1989#327769#6,2297
1988#267945#5,7517
1987#2511,018#4,9688
1986#2361,094#6,7215
1985#1891,423#3,80511
1984#1741,563#5,5616
1983#323718#6,2385
1982#342695
1981#295819
1980#273913#6,2505
1979#2181,198#5,3556
1978#1921,345#4,1578
1977#1831,501#3,38611
1976#1891,322
1975#2391,019#3,6599
1974#328675#5,2275
1973#326682#4,0547
1972#317764#4,4416
1971#345732
1970#293992
1969#305877
1968#460439
1967#489379
1966#482372
1965#586265
1964#784174
1963#915132
1962#1,09099
1961#1,14492
1960#1,25376
1959#1,58547
1958#1,41756
1957#1,75438
1956#2,45321
1955#1,77435
1954#1,51844
1953#2,01726
1952#2,41119
1951#2,81014
1950#2,90913
1949#2,41017
1948#2,70114
1947#2,76914
1946#4,4176
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1944#4,5745
1943#3,2499
1942#2,98610
1941#3,5597
1940#3,2088
1939#3,1458
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1937#4,2555
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Shana! It came in at #4,255, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shana is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNHWashington: #510 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,802 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #766 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,908 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #611 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,682 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedIAIndiana: #657 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,370 girlsINOhio: #860 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,665 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #723 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 8,185 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedUTColorado: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,533 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMOKentucky: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,966 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNMKansas: #417 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,435 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,782 girlsOKLouisiana: #644 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,052 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedMSAlabama: #623 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,431 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shana, so not publishedHITexas: #533 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,171 girlsTXFlorida: #610 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,002 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Colorado#386 · 1 in 2,533
  2. Kansas#417 · 1 in 3,435
  3. Oklahoma#464 · 1 in 3,782
  4. Kentucky#483 · 1 in 4,966
  5. Washington#510 · 1 in 4,802

Best ever in a state: #87 in Kansas, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#38671 in 2,533
Kansas#41751 in 3,435
Oklahoma#46451 in 3,782
Kentucky#48361 in 4,966
Washington#51051 in 4,802
Texas#533251 in 4,171
Florida#61081 in 6,002
Michigan#61191 in 8,682
Alabama#62351 in 6,431
Louisiana#64461 in 6,052
Indiana#65751 in 9,370
California#723211 in 8,185
Illinois#76691 in 10,908
Ohio#86061 in 15,665
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 892 spots since 2024 (#4,207#5,099)
  • 551 spots since 2020 (#4,548#5,099)
  • 1,110 spots since 2015 (#3,989#5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1965 (#784#586)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1999 (#837#975)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1984 at #174 (1,563 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1963–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,021
  • Highest: 1 in 1,021 girls born in 1977 were named Shana (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #174 in 1984, was only 1 in 1,077 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 34.5% of all girls named Shana (10,230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s13#3,145 (1939)#3,700
1940s90#2,410 (1949)#3,319
1950s313#1,417 (1958)#2,065
1960s2,905#305 (1969)#751
1970s10,230#183 (1977)#263
1980s9,957#174 (1984)#268
1990s4,424#349 (1990)#604
2000s1,188#1,075 (2000)#1,792
2010s367#3,040 (2012)#4,213
2020s148#4,207 (2024)#5,485

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shana in 1964

girls
#784
174 births · 1 in 10,890 girls

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #784Shana174
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 10,890 of them was named Shana, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shana
  1. #780Antionette175
  2. #780Cherry175
  3. #780Hattie175
  4. #784Shana174
  5. #784Esmeralda174
  6. #786Camilla173
  7. #786Deedee173
  8. #786Dinah173

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964