Girls' name · since 1970
Shuana
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Shuana, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,098 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
42 girls have been named Shuana since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shuana has 42 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1991.
- #37,098 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shuana ranks #37,098 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,098 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuana's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shuana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shuana splits its recorded history at 1979: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shuana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1991
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shuana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (28 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Shuana's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shuana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Shuana's decade-level peak was the 1970s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shuana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1970–1991 (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 Shuana 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.