Girls' name · since 1981
Shanera
119 babies named Shanera in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanera is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 119 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Shanera recorded 119 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 1996.
- #25,250 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanera ranks #25,250 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanera's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shanera splits its recorded history at 1990: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shanera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shanera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Shanera's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Shanera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1981–1996 (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 Shanera 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.