Shiana — girls' name
370 babies named Shiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
370 girls have been named Shiana since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 370
- total births
- 1982–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Shiana was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Shiana in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shiana
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Shiana between 1982 and 2010, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shiana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shiana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shiana 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 370 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.
Shiana at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1982
- Peak year (1999)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
370 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 31 births in a single year.
Shiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 191 births that decade — 52% of Shiana's all-time total
Shiana decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shiana's strongest decade
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Shiana by state
Where Shiana concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 370 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2010 (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.