Zhana — girls' name
159 babies named Zhana in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Zhana was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Zhana in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zhana
The Social Security Administration has registered 159 babies named Zhana between 1993 and 2016, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zhana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zhana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zhana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zhana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zhana 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 159 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.
Zhana at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zhana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1993
- Peak year (1994)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
159 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 48 births in a single year.
Zhana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 121 births that decade — 76% of Zhana's all-time total
Zhana decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Zhana's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Zhana by state
Where Zhana concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 159 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.1% 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, 1993–2016 (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.