Girls' name · since 1994

Zhanna

Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 137 babies named Zhanna, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,756 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,807 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
137
born since 1994
2010s
peak decade

Zhanna currently ranks #13807 among girls' names in America, with 137 babies recorded since 1994.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhanna has been recorded 137 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #13807 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.

  • #23,756 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,807 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 137 born since 1994
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhanna ranks #23,756 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,807 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 137 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,756 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,807 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
137
born since 1994
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%20.1%
Zhanna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zhanna's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zhanna compares

137 30th 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

Zhanna's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zhanna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 137 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Zhanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zhanna's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zhanna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
9
Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
45678910 19942004200720112014201820212025 6

Zhanna by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Zhanna's strongest decade.

57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Zhanna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zhanna?
Zhanna has been given to 137 babies in the U.S. since 1994, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,756 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #13,807 of 17,297. 9 babies were born in 2016, its single highest year.
Where does Zhanna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhanna ranks #23,756 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,807 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zhanna most popular?
Zhanna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Zhanna been used?
The SSA has tracked Zhanna since 1994 -- 32 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zhanna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zhane, Zhavia, Zharia, Zhamira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Zhanna's data

  • Zhanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Zhanna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zhanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1994–2025 (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 Zhanna 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.