Girls' name · since 1969
Shunna
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Shunna, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shunna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1969.
Shunna has 76 recorded births among girls since 1969, 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 1969 to 1981.
- #30,259 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shunna ranks #30,259 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shunna's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shunna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shunna's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shunna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1981
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shunna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (55 births, 72% of the file).
1970s was Shunna's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Shunna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 55 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Shunna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (55 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 Shunna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1969–1981 (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 Shunna 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.