Shana
#834 most common girls' name of all time · #1,507 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1937–2025
Rank among girls
#834
Rank overall
#1,507 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
29,748
Since 2016
262
Peak year
1984 #174
Best rank
#174 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 1,569/yr
Shana first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2024 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,218 |
| 2023 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,151 |
| 2022 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,508 |
| 2021 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,557 |
| 2020 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,578 |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,573 |
| 2018 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,480 |
| 2017 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,318 |
| 2016 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,230 |
| 2015 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,011 |
| 2014 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,479 |
| 2013 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,569 |
| 2012 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,055 |
| 2011 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2010 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,326 |
| 2009 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,865 |
| 2008 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,127 |
| 2007 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,519 |
| 2006 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,840 |
| 2005 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,723 |
| 2004 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,704 |
| 2003 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,388 |
| 2002 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,405 |
| 2001 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,323 |
| 2000 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 212 | — | 212 | #976 |
| 1998 | 254 | — | 254 | #841 |
| 1997 | 277 | — | 277 | #763 |
| 1996 | 342 | — | 342 | #652 |
| 1995 | 367 | — | 367 | #609 |
| 1994 | 395 | — | 395 | #579 |
| 1993 | 521 | — | 521 | #486 |
| 1992 | 596 | — | 596 | #423 |
| 1991 | 698 | — | 698 | #369 |
| 1990 | 762 | 7 | 769 | #350 |
| 1989 | 769 | 7 | 776 | #327 |
| 1988 | 945 | 7 | 952 | #267 |
| 1987 | 1,018 | 8 | 1,026 | #252 |
| 1986 | 1,094 | 5 | 1,099 | #236 |
| 1985 | 1,423 | 11 | 1,434 | #189 |
| 1984 | 1,563 | 6 | 1,569 | #174 |
| 1983 | 718 | 5 | 723 | #323 |
| 1982 | 695 | — | 695 | #342 |
| 1981 | 819 | — | 819 | #295 |
| 1980 | 913 | 5 | 918 | #273 |
| 1979 | 1,198 | 6 | 1,204 | #218 |
| 1978 | 1,345 | 8 | 1,353 | #192 |
| 1977 | 1,501 | 11 | 1,512 | #183 |
| 1976 | 1,322 | — | 1,322 | #189 |
| 1975 | 1,019 | 9 | 1,028 | #239 |
| 1974 | 675 | 5 | 680 | #329 |
| 1973 | 682 | 7 | 689 | #327 |
| 1972 | 764 | 6 | 770 | #317 |
| 1971 | 732 | — | 732 | #345 |
| 1970 | 992 | — | 992 | #293 |
| 1969 | 877 | — | 877 | #305 |
| 1968 | 439 | — | 439 | #460 |
| 1967 | 379 | — | 379 | #489 |
| 1966 | 372 | — | 372 | #484 |
| 1965 | 265 | — | 265 | #587 |
| 1964 | 174 | — | 174 | #785 |
| 1963 | 132 | — | 132 | #919 |
| 1962 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,100 |
| 1961 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,152 |
| 1960 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,261 |
| 1959 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,593 |
| 1958 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,431 |
| 1957 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,779 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,506 |
| 1955 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,797 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,532 |
| 1953 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,059 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,908 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,024 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,504 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,811 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,874 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,800 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,069 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,471 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,175 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,921 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,483 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,419 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,912 |