Shana Girl
How popular is Shana?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Shana in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Shana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 892 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (1,563 girls) |
| Highest rank | #174 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shana family of names ranked #3,033 for girls in 2025 (#2,555 the year before), with 32 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shana | 25 | 78% |
| Shanna | 7 | 22% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shana is most popular
Babies named Shana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Shana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,143 |
| 1940s | 90 | #2,409 |
| 1950s | 313 | #1,416 |
| 1960s | 2,905 | #305 |
| 1970s | 10,230 | #183 |
| 1980s | 9,957 | #174 |
| 1990s | 4,424 | #349 |
| 2000s | 1,188 | #1,073 |
| 2010s | 367 | #3,039 |
| 2020s | 148 | #4,206 |
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Questions
- Is Shana a boy or girl name?
- Shana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shana were girls.
- How popular is the name Shana?
- 25 baby girls were named Shana in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Shana most popular?
- Shana peaked in 1984, when 1,563 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #174 in 1984.
- How many people are named Shana?
- 29,748 babies have been named Shana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,502 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Shana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shana was most common in New Jersey, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.