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.
Where Shanna is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#157 · 1 in 710
- California#848 · 1 in 14,192
Best ever in a state: #69 in Nevada, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #157 | 12 | 1 in 710 |
| California | #848 | 8 | 1 in 14,192 |
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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 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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 51,911 of them was named Shanna, which outranked 73.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,602Valinda34
- #1,602Verona34
- #1,602Wenda34
- #1,626Shanna33
- #1,626Adelita33
- #1,626Arnita33
- #1,626Bari33
- #1,653Annelle32
- #1,653Arletta32
- #1,653Berna32
Tied with 26 names at #1,626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.