Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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