Shanna
Shanna is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 149th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19781,845 births
- Best rank
- #149in 1978
- Since 1931
- 28,277people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,277 girls have been named Shanna in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 1,845 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 1,845 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 36%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shanna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 230 | |
| 1950s | 533 | |
| 1960s | 2,418 | |
| 1970s | 9,813 | |
| 1980s | 10,129 | |
| 1990s | 3,586 | |
| 2000s | 1,212 | |
| 2010s | 230 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Shanna was the 149th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Shanna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Letishapeak 1979
- Shantapeak 1978
- Latrishapeak 1979
- Shaunnapeak 1978
- Shawannapeak 1977
- Nacolepeak 1979
- Roshandapeak 1979
- Sharondapeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.