Shanna

Shanna was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Shanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Shanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#11,932 (7)—————
2024#9,556 (10)—————
2023#12,197 (7)—————
2022#10,383 (9)—————
2021#7,630 (14)————#2,021 (10)
2020#8,953 (11)————#2,343 (8)
2019#6,698 (17)————#3,266 (5)
2018#9,151 (11)————#2,892 (6)
2017#6,044 (20)—————
2016#7,988 (14)————#2,892 (6)
2015#6,977 (17)————#3,286 (5)
2014#5,625 (23)—————
2013#4,543 (31)————#2,058 (10)
2012#5,895 (22)————#1,531 (15)
2011#4,353 (33)————#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1978 at #149.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1931.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Shanna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 290,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 160,000 to 1 in 510,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShannaCanadaGirls—too few
ShannaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShannaIrelandGirls—too few
ShannaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShannaScotlandGirls—too few
ShannaUSGirls#11,9327
ShannaUSBoys—too few