Shena
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 198 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,356since 1952
Shena over time
Rank among girls' names. Shena has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
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| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 |
| 1986 | #1,260 | 107 |
| 1985 | #976 | 157 |
| 1984 | #802 | 198 |
| 1983 | #1,010 | 140 |
| 1982 | #914 | 165 |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 |
| 1979 | #1,471 | 81 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,444 | 67 |
| 1972 | #1,655 | 54 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
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| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shena! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shena is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#741 · 1 in 7,176
- North Carolina#796 · 1 in 7,668
- Ohio#1,055 · 1 in 13,726
- New York#1,614 · 1 in 19,009
Best ever in a state: #302 in Mississippi, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #741 | 5 | 1 in 7,176 |
| North Carolina | #796 | 5 | 1 in 7,668 |
| Ohio | #1,055 | 5 | 1 in 13,726 |
| New York | #1,614 | 6 | 1 in 19,009 |
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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 Shena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 468 spots in 1982 (#1,382 → #914)
- Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1986 (#976 → #1,260)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1984 at #802 (198 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1984–1985
- Highest: 1 in 8,504 girls born in 1984 were named Shena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 48.3% of all girls named Shena (1,139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64 | #2,755 (1958) | #3,457 |
| 1960s | 247 | #2,211 (1963) | #2,515 |
| 1970s | 642 | #1,247 (1970) | #1,600 |
| 1980s | 1,139 | #802 (1984) | #1,342 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,201 (1990) | #6,116 |
| 2000s | 17 | #12,187 (2002) | #14,795 |
| 2010s | 13 | #13,347 (2011) | #13,570 |
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.
Shena in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 27,398 of them was named Shena, which outranked 86.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,863Sky66
- #1,863Stormie66
- #1,863Terrica66
- #1,891Shena65
- #1,891Acacia65
- #1,891Autum65
- #1,891Brie65
- #1,911Aleesha64
- #1,911Annelise64
- #1,911Ariella64
Tied with 19 names at #1,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.