Girls' name · since 1978
Shahana
150 babies named Shahana in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
150 girls have been named Shahana since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shahana has 150 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2023.
- #22,789 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahana ranks #22,789 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shahana's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shahana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shahana's full recorded timeline at 1995, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shahana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2023
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Shahana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Shahana's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shahana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Shahana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shahana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1978–2023 (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 Shahana 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.