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.

Shena

#4,018 most common girls' name of all time · #6,867 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2018

Rank among girls
#4,018
Rank overall
#6,867 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
2,356
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1984 #805
Best rank
#805 1984
Girls Boys peak 198/yr
196019802000

Shena first appears in 1952. 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
2018 6 — 6 #14,063
2011 7 — 7 #13,566
2006 5 — 5 #17,560
2002 7 — 7 #12,429
2000 5 — 5 #15,379
1999 5 — 5 #14,826
1998 9 — 9 #9,440
1997 13 — 13 #6,945
1996 12 — 12 #7,251
1995 18 — 18 #5,286
1994 15 — 15 #6,078
1993 25 — 25 #4,157
1992 32 — 32 #3,445
1991 47 — 47 #2,609
1990 58 — 58 #2,212
1989 62 — 62 #2,038
1988 65 — 65 #1,900
1987 91 — 91 #1,437
1986 107 — 107 #1,267
1985 157 — 157 #979
1984 198 — 198 #805
1983 140 — 140 #1,012
1982 165 — 165 #917
1981 89 — 89 #1,389
1980 65 — 65 #1,730
1979 81 — 81 #1,478
1978 68 — 68 #1,589
1977 81 — 81 #1,394
1976 54 — 54 #1,766
1975 51 — 51 #1,827
1974 42 — 42 #2,019
1973 67 — 67 #1,448
1972 54 — 54 #1,670
1971 55 — 55 #1,681
1970 89 — 89 #1,255
1969 31 — 31 #2,341
1968 29 — 29 #2,289
1967 28 — 28 #2,319
1966 24 — 24 #2,508
1965 26 — 26 #2,403
1964 23 — 23 #2,662
1963 29 — 29 #2,248
1962 15 — 15 #3,413
1961 17 — 17 #3,173
1960 25 — 25 #2,429
1959 14 — 14 #3,418
1958 18 — 18 #2,851
1957 8 — 8 #4,856
1956 14 — 14 #3,319
1952 10 — 10 #3,795