Recorded 1931–2025 · United States
Shanna was most popular in 1978, when 1,855 American babies were given the name — ranking #293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 28,372 people named Shanna.
Shanna first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1931, which makes it about 94 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 95 of the 95 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 28,372 American births named Shanna between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 27,036 are estimated to be alive today.
7 American babies were named Shanna in 2025, ranking #20,040 that year.
Shanna is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 9 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -63% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Shanna is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 28,372 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 27,036 Americans named Shanna are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 46 years old, and half are between 39 and 50. That is a narrow band: Shanna arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org