Shauna

Shauna was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Shauna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shauna 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Shauna 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
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#8,860 (11)#5,927 (3)—#397 (3)#885 (3)—
2024#8,443 (12)#4,193 (5)——#631 (5)—
2023#7,247 (15)#4,710 (4)——#364 (10)—
2022#10,383 (9)#3,971 (5)——#458 (8)#2,835 (6)
2021#8,464 (12)#4,634 (4)——#270 (16)—
2020#6,325 (18)———#211 (21)—
2019#8,138 (13)#4,001 (5)—#424 (3)#201 (24)#2,872 (6)
2018#5,785 (21)#3,178 (7)—#361 (4)#267 (17)#3,286 (5)
2017#4,922 (27)#3,229 (7)—#432 (3)#249 (19)—
2016#5,445 (24)#2,547 (10)—#440 (3)#163 (34)#3,294 (5)
2015#4,584 (30)#2,496 (10)—#426 (3)#139 (43)—
2014#5,625 (23)#1,798 (16)—#365 (4)#142 (41)#3,316 (5)
2013#4,243 (34)#2,649 (9)—#370 (4)#124 (49)#2,204 (9)
2012#4,296 (34)#1,525 (20)—#229 (8)#111 (60)—
2011#3,550 (44)#1,295 (24)—#246 (7)#92 (75)#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #189.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1938.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Shauna is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 83,000 to 1 in 210,000.

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
ShaunaCanadaGirls—too few
ShaunaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
ShaunaIrelandGirls#8853
ShaunaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
ShaunaScotlandGirls—too few
ShaunaUSGirls#8,86011
ShaunaUSBoys—too few