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.

Shanna

#854 most common girls' name of all time · #1,543 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1931–2025

Rank among girls
#854
Rank overall
#1,543 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
28,372
Since 2016
120
Peak year
1978 #149
Best rank
#149 1978
Girls Boys peak 1,855/yr
19401960198020002020

Shanna first appears in 1931. 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 7 7 #12,091
2024 10 10 #9,657
2023 7 7 #12,341
2022 9 9 #10,502
2021 14 14 #7,682
2020 11 11 #9,044
2019 17 17 #6,759
2018 11 11 #9,252
2017 20 20 #6,080
2016 14 14 #8,048
2015 17 17 #7,022
2014 23 23 #5,668
2013 31 31 #4,566
2012 22 22 #5,937
2011 33 33 #4,377
2010 43 43 #3,633
2009 58 58 #2,977
2008 66 66 #2,758
2007 114 114 #1,850
2006 138 138 #1,571
2005 129 129 #1,577
2004 135 135 #1,492
2003 122 122 #1,583
2002 132 132 #1,446
2001 166 166 #1,222
2000 152 152 #1,277
1999 187 187 #1,072
1998 195 195 #1,020
1997 238 238 #860
1996 288 288 #731
1995 281 281 #728
1994 350 350 #628
1993 403 403 #583
1992 466 466 #511
1991 589 589 #431
1990 589 589 #430
1989 553 553 #441
1988 670 670 #364
1987 744 744 #328
1986 855 855 #289
1985 1,058 5 1,063 #243
1984 1,217 10 1,227 #213
1983 1,044 1,044 #237
1982 1,213 10 1,223 #216
1981 1,255 5 1,260 #210
1980 1,520 7 1,527 #181
1979 1,793 12 1,805 #157
1978 1,845 10 1,855 #149
1977 1,608 5 1,613 #167
1976 690 690 #325
1975 601 601 #358
1974 660 12 672 #334
1973 642 6 648 #340
1972 611 6 617 #360
1971 603 603 #382
1970 759 759 #344
1969 606 606 #379
1968 346 346 #520
1967 304 304 #539
1966 246 246 #604
1965 193 193 #710
1964 207 207 #721
1963 163 163 #812
1962 125 125 #951
1961 125 125 #966
1960 103 103 #1,061
1959 100 100 #1,073
1958 77 77 #1,216
1957 69 69 #1,270
1956 54 54 #1,450
1955 52 52 #1,396
1954 58 58 #1,314
1953 41 41 #1,546
1952 23 23 #2,176
1951 26 26 #1,950
1950 33 33 #1,648
1949 32 32 #1,690
1948 31 31 #1,703
1947 32 32 #1,715
1946 25 25 #1,852
1945 18 18 #2,051
1944 21 21 #1,908
1943 22 22 #1,891
1942 22 22 #1,856
1941 14 14 #2,381
1940 13 13 #2,412
1939 13 13 #2,409
1938 14 14 #2,332
1937 7 7 #3,763
1936 9 9 #3,094
1935 9 9 #3,144
1934 6 6 #4,235
1933 5 5 #4,781
1932 6 6 #4,379
1931 6 6 #4,329