Shabana
Shabana is a feminine given name and surname of Arabic origin. People named Shabana include:
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Shabana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shabana is a feminine given name and surname of Arabic origin. People named Shabana include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
The Story of Shabana
The earliest SSA record of Shabana as a baby girl name dates back to 1975, when 7 babies received it. 1985 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Shabana — #6,456 in the national rankings. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Shabanas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2002 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 159 Shabanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shabana
Shabana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 159 births in the dataset. Shabana's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #6,456. Use the chart and map above to compare Shabana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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