Girls' name · since 1975
Shadana
109 babies named Shadana in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shadana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 109 have been recorded since 1975.
Shadana has 109 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1993.
- #26,199 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shadana ranks #26,199 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shadana's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shadana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shadana's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shadana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1993
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shadana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (63 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Shadana's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shadana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 63 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Shadana's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 1990s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shadana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shadana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.