Shayanna — girls' name
294 babies named Shayanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
294 girls have been named Shayanna since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2020.
- 294
- total births
- 1988–2020
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Shayanna was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Shayanna in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Shayanna between 1988 and 2020, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayanna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shayanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayanna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 294 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shayanna at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shayanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1988
- Peak year (1996)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
294 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 23 births in a single year.
Shayanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 126 births that decade — 43% of Shayanna's all-time total
Shayanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shayanna's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.