Girls' name · since 1980
Sheanna
198 babies named Sheanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 198 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheanna has been recorded 198 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2003.
- #19,929 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 198 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheanna ranks #19,929 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheanna's 198 recorded births place it above 72.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheanna's full recorded timeline at 1991, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2003
- Peak year (1984)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sheanna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (92 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Sheanna's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Sheanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 92 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Sheanna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1980–2003 (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 Sheanna 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.