Shanora — girls' name
99 babies named Shanora in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Shanora since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 99
- total births
- 1979–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Shanora was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shanora in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanora
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Shanora between 1979 and 2006, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanora performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanora 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 99 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.
Shanora at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1979
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
99 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Shanora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 42 births that decade — 42% of Shanora's all-time total
Shanora decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanora's strongest decade
42 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, 1979–2006 (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.