Shanina — girls' name
216 babies named Shanina in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
216 girls have been named Shanina since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2000.
- 216
- total births
- 1972–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shanina was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Shanina in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanina
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Shanina between 1972 and 2000, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanina 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 216 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.
Shanina at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
216 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 23 births in a single year.
Shanina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 125 births that decade — 58% of Shanina's all-time total
Shanina decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shanina's strongest decade
125 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, 1972–2000 (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.