Shanna — #9605 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 28,277 babies named Shanna between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanna currently holds the #9605 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 1,845 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10,129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Shanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,791 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanna 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 28,277 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.