Shanana — girls' name
12 babies named Shanana in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
12 girls have been named Shanana since 1979, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1992.
- 12
- total births
- 1979–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shanana was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shanana in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanana
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Shanana between 1979 and 1992, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanana 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 12 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.
Shanana at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
12 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 7 births in a single year.
Shanana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Shanana's all-time total
Shanana decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shanana's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1979–1992 (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.