Shanna

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 1,845 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,284
since 1931

Shanna over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #149, 1978girls
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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#11,9327
2024#9,55610
2023#12,1977
2022#10,3839
2021#7,63014
2020#8,95311
2019#6,69817
2018#9,15111
2017#6,04420
2016#7,98814
2015#6,97717
2014#5,62523
2013#4,54331
2012#5,89522
2011#4,35333
2010#3,62443
2009#2,96658
2008#2,75466
2007#1,848114
2006#1,567138
2005#1,574129
2004#1,488135
2003#1,579122
2002#1,444132
2001#1,218166
2000#1,276152
1999#1,071187
1998#1,018195
1997#858238
1996#730288
1995#728281
1994#628350
1993#582403
1992#511466
1991#431589
1990#430589
1989#441553
1988#364670
1987#328744
1986#289855
1985#2431,058#6,5235
1984#2131,217#3,92510
1983#2371,044
1982#2161,213#3,96610
1981#2101,255#6,2625
1980#1811,520#4,9407
1979#1571,793#3,35712
1978#1491,845#3,61410
1977#1671,608#5,8455
1976#325690
1975#357601
1974#334660#2,94612
1973#340642#4,5056
1972#360611#4,4416
1971#381603
1970#344759
1969#379606
1968#518346
1967#539304
1966#603246
1965#708193
1964#721207
1963#811163
1962#949125
1961#963125
1960#1,058103
1959#1,066100
1958#1,21177
1957#1,26269
1956#1,43754
1955#1,38352
1954#1,30058
1953#1,53141
1952#2,12623
1951#1,92126
1950#1,62633
1949#1,66632
1948#1,66931
1947#1,69732
1946#1,80825
1945#1,99318
1944#1,86721
1943#1,83422
1942#1,80422
1941#2,27214
1940#2,29713
1939#2,30013
1938#2,22514
1937#3,4347
1936#2,8579
1935#2,9269
1934#3,8026
1933#4,2185
1932#3,9016
1931#3,8486
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First appearance
1931

The first year at least five girls were named Shanna! It came in at #3,848, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1931–1934, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shanna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556#11,932)
  • 2,979 spots since 2020 (#8,953#11,932)
  • 4,955 spots since 2015 (#6,977#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1977 (#325#167)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1998 (#858#1,018)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1978 at #149 (1,845 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 8 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 1961–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 830
  • Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 1978 were named Shanna (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 35.8% of all girls named Shanna (10,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s75#2,225 (1938)#3,279
1940s230#1,666 (1949)#1,891
1950s533#1,066 (1959)#1,486
1960s2,418#379 (1969)#725
1970s9,812#149 (1978)#291
1980s10,129#181 (1980)#272
1990s3,586#430 (1990)#699
2000s1,212#1,218 (2001)#1,771
2010s231#3,624 (2010)#6,090
2020s58#7,630 (2021)#10,109

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.

Shanna in 1931

girls
#3,848
6 births · 1 in 177,455 girls

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #3,848Shanna6
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 177,455 of them was named Shanna, which outranked 22.7% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanna
  1. #3,497Yolonda7
  2. #3,497Zela7
  3. #3,497Zenora7
  4. #3,848Shanna6
  5. #3,848Adabelle6
  6. #3,848Adair6
  7. #3,848Addis6
  8. #4,331Adalene5
  9. #4,331Adean5
  10. #4,331Adelma5

Tied with 482 names at #3,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

See the top 100 for 1931