Girls' name · since 1980
Shterna
304 babies named Shterna in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,647 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 304
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shterna currently ranks #9647 among girls' names in America, with 304 babies recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Shterna recorded 304 times among girls since 1980, holding rank #9647 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #15,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,647 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 304 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shterna ranks #15,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,647 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 304 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,647 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 304
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shterna's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Shterna compares
304 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shterna's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shterna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 304 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shterna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shterna splits its recorded history at 2006: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shterna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Shterna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Shterna's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Shterna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (31% of all-time use).
Shterna by state
Where Shterna concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 89 | 29.3% |
89 of 304 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shterna's data
- Shterna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shternas (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Shterna
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Shterna
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shterna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Shterna 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.