Shanara — girls' name
241 babies named Shanara in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
241 girls have been named Shanara since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 241
- total births
- 1975–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Shanara was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shanara in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanara
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Shanara between 1975 and 2004, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanara 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 241 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.
Shanara at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1975
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
241 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 17 births in a single year.
Shanara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 42% of Shanara's all-time total
Shanara decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanara's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1975–2004 (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.