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
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 1,845 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,284since 1931
Shanna over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanna has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,966 | 58 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,754 | 66 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,848 | 114 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,567 | 138 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,574 | 129 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,488 | 135 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,579 | 122 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,444 | 132 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,218 | 166 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,276 | 152 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,071 | 187 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,018 | 195 | — | |
| 1997 | #858 | 238 | — | |
| 1996 | #730 | 288 | — | |
| 1995 | #728 | 281 | — | |
| 1994 | #628 | 350 | — | |
| 1993 | #582 | 403 | — | |
| 1992 | #511 | 466 | — | |
| 1991 | #431 | 589 | — | |
| 1990 | #430 | 589 | — | |
| 1989 | #441 | 553 | — | |
| 1988 | #364 | 670 | — | |
| 1987 | #328 | 744 | — | |
| 1986 | #289 | 855 | — | |
| 1985 | #243 | 1,058 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #213 | 1,217 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #237 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1982 | #216 | 1,213 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #210 | 1,255 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #181 | 1,520 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #157 | 1,793 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #149 | 1,845 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #167 | 1,608 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #325 | 690 | — | |
| 1975 | #357 | 601 | — | |
| 1974 | #334 | 660 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #340 | 642 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #360 | 611 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #381 | 603 | — | |
| 1970 | #344 | 759 | — | |
| 1969 | #379 | 606 | — | |
| 1968 | #518 | 346 | — | |
| 1967 | #539 | 304 | — | |
| 1966 | #603 | 246 | — | |
| 1965 | #708 | 193 | — | |
| 1964 | #721 | 207 | — | |
| 1963 | #811 | 163 | — | |
| 1962 | #949 | 125 | — | |
| 1961 | #963 | 125 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,058 | 103 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,211 | 77 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1978 at #149 (1,845 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1961–1997
- Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 1978 were named Shanna (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Shanna (10,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 75 | #2,225 (1938) | #3,279 |
| 1940s | 230 | #1,666 (1949) | #1,891 |
| 1950s | 533 | #1,066 (1959) | #1,486 |
| 1960s | 2,418 | #379 (1969) | #725 |
| 1970s | 9,812 | #149 (1978) | #291 |
| 1980s | 10,129 | #181 (1980) | #272 |
| 1990s | 3,586 | #430 (1990) | #699 |
| 2000s | 1,212 | #1,218 (2001) | #1,771 |
| 2010s | 231 | #3,624 (2010) | #6,090 |
| 2020s | 58 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,490 of them was named Shanna, which outranked 96.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 270,268 of them was named Shanna, which outranked 22.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zephaniah7
- #3,963Zerick7
- #3,963Zoran7
- #4,441Shanna6
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
- #4,986Aaric5
- #4,986Aasim5
- #4,986Abiel5
Tied with 544 names at #4,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.