Girls' name · since 1980
Shannara
Shannara has 54 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Shannara since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shannara has 54 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2018.
- #34,190 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shannara ranks #34,190 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shannara's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shannara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shannara's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shannara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2018
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Shannara by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Shannara's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shannara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (48% of all-time use).
Shannara by state
Where Shannara concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 9.3% |
5 of 54 births nationwide.
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- Shannara's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shannaras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shannara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1980–2018 (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 Shannara 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.