Shenna
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,328since 1948
Shenna over time
Rank among girls' names. Shenna 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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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 |
| 1985 | #1,051 | 141 |
| 1984 | #855 | 179 |
| 1983 | #1,295 | 94 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shenna! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shenna is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#507 · 1 in 4,750
- Alabama#562 · 1 in 4,373
- Missouri#565 · 1 in 5,365
- Georgia#609 · 1 in 4,982
- Virginia#638 · 1 in 6,160
Best ever in a state: #266 in Arkansas, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #507 | 5 | 1 in 4,750 |
| Alabama | #562 | 5 | 1 in 4,373 |
| Missouri | #565 | 6 | 1 in 5,365 |
| Georgia | #609 | 7 | 1 in 4,982 |
| Virginia | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,160 |
| North Carolina | #715 | 5 | 1 in 6,840 |
| Illinois | #1,238 | 5 | 1 in 14,885 |
| California | #1,738 | 8 | 1 in 23,217 |
| Texas | #1,840 | 5 | 1 in 25,985 |
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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 Shenna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 440 spots in 1984 (#1,295 → #855)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1985 (#855 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1984 at #855 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1984
- Highest: 1 in 9,407 girls born in 1984 were named Shenna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 58.6% of all girls named Shenna (778) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,651 |
| 1950s | 68 | #2,725 (1956) | #2,852 |
| 1960s | 168 | #2,538 (1965) | #3,240 |
| 1970s | 208 | #3,002 (1977) | #3,345 |
| 1980s | 778 | #855 (1984) | #1,949 |
| 1990s | 95 | #4,120 (1990) | #9,407 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
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.
Shenna in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 16,766 of them was named Shenna, which outranked 89.7% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,262Leandra102
- #1,262Paola102
- #1,262Tamica102
- #1,268Shenna101
- #1,268Ashanti101
- #1,268Bobby101
- #1,268Danna101
- #1,277Arianne100
- #1,277Asha100
- #1,277Carole100
Tied with 8 names at #1,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.