Shana — #4197 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shana

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,608 babies named Shana between 1937 and 2024, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shana currently holds the #4197 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 1,562 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10,230 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Shana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,666 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shana in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shana 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 29,608 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.