Girls' name · since 1979
Shanora
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.
- #27,261 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
99 girls have been named Shanora since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shanora recorded 99 times among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 2006.
- #27,261 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 99 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanora ranks #27,261 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 99 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,261 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanora's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shanora's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shanora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2006
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shanora by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (42 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Shanora's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Shanora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 42 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Shanora's decade-level peak was the 1990s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanora: 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 (~27 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, 1979–2006 (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 Shanora 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.