Girls' name · since 1938
Shauna
Since 1938, U.S. Social Security records show 28,071 babies named Shauna, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,926 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,071
- born since 1938
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shauna currently ranks #8926 among girls' names in America, with 28,071 babies recorded since 1938.
Shauna has 28,071 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8926 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, 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 1938 to 2025.
- #868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,926 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28,071 born since 1938
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shauna ranks #868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,926 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28,071 born since 1938, peaking in the 1980s.
- #868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,926 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,071
- born since 1938
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shauna's 28,071 recorded births place it above 98.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Shauna compares
28,071 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shauna's all-time total is 75x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shauna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28,071 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,403 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shauna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shauna's full recorded timeline at 1982, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 1,403 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shauna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 1,403
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Shauna popularity over time - boys
50 total births recorded since 1968 (Shauna as boys' name)
Shauna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (8,487 births, 30% of the file).
1980s was Shauna's strongest decade.
8,487 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Shauna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 332
1940s
332 births
- 1950s 1,875
1950s
1,875 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,560 births
- 1970s
1970s
8,038 births
- 1980s
1980s
8,487 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,025 births
- 2000s 1,365
2000s
1,365 births
- 2010s 299
2010s
299 births
- 2020s 77
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 8,487 births (30% of all-time use).
How Shauna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shauna's total volume
Shauna by state
Where Shauna concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,515 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Utah | | 2,059 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,578 | 5.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,394 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,199 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 1,084 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 958 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 826 | 2.9% |
3,515 of 28,071 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Shauna appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shauna's data
- Shauna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (8,487 total births); usage has since declined to 77 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shaunas (3,515 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shauna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~87 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, 1938–2025 (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 Shauna 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.