Girls' name · since 1988
Shayanna
Shayanna has 294 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 294
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shayanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 294 recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayanna has been recorded 294 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2020.
- #16,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 294 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayanna ranks #16,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 294 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 294
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shayanna's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shayanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shayanna splits its recorded history at 2002: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shayanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2020
- Peak year (1996)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shayanna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (126 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Shayanna's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shayanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
126 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 126 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Shayanna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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 Shayanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1988–2020 (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 Shayanna 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.