Shena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shena

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,356 babies named Shena between 1952 and 2018, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 198 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shena in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shena 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 2,356 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.