Girls' name · since 1981
Shainna
137 babies named Shainna in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shainna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 137 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Shainna recorded 137 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2006.
- #23,741 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shainna ranks #23,741 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shainna's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shainna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shainna splits its recorded history at 1993: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shainna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shainna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Shainna's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shainna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shainna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- 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 Shainna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1981–2006 (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 Shainna 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.