Shenna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shenna

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,328 babies named Shenna between 1948 and 2000, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 179 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 778 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shenna in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shenna 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 1,328 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.