Girls' name · since 1961
Shuna
Shuna has 108 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,320 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 108 have been recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shuna has been recorded 108 times among girls since 1961, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1988.
- #26,320 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shuna ranks #26,320 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,320 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuna's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shuna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shuna's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shuna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1988
- Peak year (1978)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shuna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (78 births, 72% of the file).
1970s was Shuna's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Shuna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 78 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Shuna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Shuna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1961–1988 (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 Shuna 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.