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Shana Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Shana?

In 2018 the rare name Shana, ranked the 4,613th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shana is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #175 was reached in 1984 with 1,560 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Shana was less than 5, most recently in 1945.

Shana, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1950-1954, 1955-1970, and 1974-1977, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1979-1982, 1985-2002, 2003-2007, and 2008-2016.

Sometimes the name Shana has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Shana has been spiralling downward in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Shana for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shana?

Shana's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shana is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Shana has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Shana (Girl)Shana (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 30 4,613 < 5 --
2017 33 4,353 < 5 --
2016 20 6,358 < 5 --
2015 37 4,053 < 5 --
2014 32 4,532 < 5 --
2013 31 4,626 < 5 --
2012 55 3,087 < 5 --
2011 49 3,344 < 5 --
2010 49 3,348 < 5 --
2009 61 2,881 < 5 --
2008 95 2,132 < 5 --
2007 74 2,535 < 5 --
2006 111 1,843 < 5 --
2005 115 1,729 < 5 --
2004 114 1,712 < 5 --
2003 144 1,388 < 5 --
2002 137 1,408 < 5 --
2001 145 1,329 < 5 --
2000 191 1,083 < 5 --
1999 212 978 < 5 --
1998 254 840 < 5 --
1997 277 763 < 5 --
1996 342 653 < 5 --
1995 367 610 < 5 --
1994 395 580 < 5 --
1993 521 486 < 5 --
1992 596 423 < 5 --
1991 698 370 < 5 --
1990 762 350 7 7,051
1989 769 327 7 6,820
1988 945 267 7 6,310
1987 1,017 252 8 5,378
1986 1,094 236 5 7,645
1985 1,423 189 11 4,006
1984 1,560 175 6 6,202
1983 718 323 5 7,164
1982 694 342 < 5 --
1981 820 295 < 5 --
1980 913 272 5 7,129
1979 1,198 219 6 5,938
1978 1,345 192 8 4,491
1977 1,500 184 11 3,572
1976 1,323 189 < 5 --
1975 1,019 239 9 3,902
1974 674 329 5 5,882
1973 682 327 7 4,428
1972 764 317 6 4,900
1971 732 345 < 5 --
1970 992 293 < 5 --
1969 877 305 < 5 --
1968 439 460 < 5 --
1967 379 489 < 5 --
1966 372 484 < 5 --
1965 265 586 < 5 --
1964 174 786 < 5 --
1963 132 919 < 5 --
1962 99 1,098 < 5 --
1961 92 1,153 < 5 --
1960 76 1,263 < 5 --
1959 47 1,593 < 5 --
1958 56 1,429 < 5 --
1957 38 1,775 < 5 --
1956 21 2,517 < 5 --
1955 35 1,796 < 5 --
1954 44 1,531 < 5 --
1953 26 2,061 < 5 --
1952 19 2,490 < 5 --
1951 14 2,910 < 5 --
1950 13 3,028 < 5 --
1949 17 2,500 < 5 --
1948 14 2,812 < 5 --
1947 14 2,876 < 5 --
1946 6 4,884 < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 5 5,143 < 5 --
1943 9 3,453 < 5 --
1942 10 3,171 < 5 --
1941 7 3,899 < 5 --
1940 8 3,470 < 5 --
1939 8 3,381 < 5 --
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1937 5 4,828 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.