Shenan — unisex name
27 babies named Shenan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 girls have been named Shenan since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1979.
- 27
- total births
- 1970–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shenan was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shenan in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenan
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Shenan between 1970 and 1979, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Shenan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1965.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenan 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 27 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.
Shenan at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1970
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
27 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 7 births in a single year.
Shenan popularity over time — boys
25 total births recorded since 1965 (Shenan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shenan accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shenan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 27 births that decade — 100% of Shenan's all-time total
Shenan decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shenan's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1970–1979 (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.