Girls' name · peaked in 1978
Shanna name popularity since 1925
28,372 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Shanna. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Shanna is about 46 years old in 2026. Shanna peaked in 1978 as the #149 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,372
- Named Shanna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #12,982 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 28,284 girls · 88 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Shanna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Shanna births per year, 1925–2025
1978 was the biggest year for Shanna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Shanna became 4× more common, from 1 in 9,150 baby girls to 1 in 2,300.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 1,380 to 1 in 3,330.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Shanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Shanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Shanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 75 | 0 | #3,130 |
| 1940s | 230 | 0 | #2,049 |
| 1950s | 533 | 0 | #1,401 |
| 1960s | 2,418 | 0 | #710 |
| 1970s | 9,812 | 51 | #358 |
| 1980s | 10,129 | 37 | #243 |
| 1990s | 3,586 | 0 | #729 |
| 2000s | 1,212 | 0 | #1,588 |
| 2010s | 231 | 0 | #7,224 |
| 2020–25 | 58 | 0 | #12,982 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.1% of babies named Shanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Shanna is most popular
The index compares Shanna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Shanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.69× | 809 |
| Oklahoma | 1.83× | 614 |
| Arkansas | 1.59× | 420 |
| Kansas | 1.56× | 409 |
| Louisiana | 1.52× | 703 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Shanna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Shanna (this page) | 28,284 | 1978 |
| Shana | 29,635 | 1977 |
| Shannah | 1,378 | 1978 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Shanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Shanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Shanna (1978).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data