Girls' name · since 1976
Shatana
90 babies named Shatana in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
90 girls have been named Shatana since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shatana has 90 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1998.
- #28,354 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shatana ranks #28,354 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shatana's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shatana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shatana splits its recorded history at 1984: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shatana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1998
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Shatana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (52 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Shatana's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shatana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 52 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Shatana's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 1990s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shatana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1976–1998 (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 Shatana 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.