Shanna

Where Shanna comes from

The dictionaries list Shanna as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,848 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Shanna Moakler born
    American actress and model
  3. 1978
    Peak, #149
    1,845 babies named Shanna — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Shanna Collins born
    American actress
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #289.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Shanna Moakler · American actress and model, born 1975
  • Shanna Collins · American actress, born 1983
  • Shanna Reed · American actress; dancer, born 1955
  • Shanna Zolman · American basketball player, born 1983
  • Shanna Hogan · American writer, 1901–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.