Shaana — girls' name
58 babies named Shaana in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
58 girls have been named Shaana since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1995.
- 58
- total births
- 1972–1995
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Shaana was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shaana in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaana
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Shaana between 1972 and 1995, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 58 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shaana at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1972
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
58 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 11 births in a single year.
Shaana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 52% of Shaana's all-time total
Shaana decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shaana's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.