Shana
Shana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 174th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19841,562 births
- Best rank
- #174in 1984
- Since 1937
- 29,608people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,608 girls have been named Shana in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 1,562 births.
The name has all but left use: 34 births in 2024, against 1,562 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1970s alone account for 35%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 90 | |
| 1950s | 313 | |
| 1960s | 2,905 | |
| 1970s | 10,230 | |
| 1980s | 9,956 | |
| 1990s | 4,424 | |
| 2000s | 1,188 | |
| 2010s | 366 | |
| 2020s | 123 |
In 1984, its biggest year
Shana was the 174th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Shana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Trishapeak 1979
- Heatherpeak 1975
- Tashiapeak 1985
- Shantapeak 1978
- Shontapeak 1977
- Sharondapeak 1980
- Doniellepeak 1984
- Keripeak 1975
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.