Girls' name · since 1984
Shavanna
Shavanna has 157 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 157 recorded since 1984.
Shavanna has 157 recorded births among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 2004.
- #22,326 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 157 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavanna ranks #22,326 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavanna's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shavanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shavanna's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shavanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2004
- Peak year (1990)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shavanna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (82 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Shavanna's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Shavanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 82 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Shavanna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 13 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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Similar record span (~20 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, 1984–2004 (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 Shavanna 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.