Shanna
Shanna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Shanna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shanna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Shanna
Shanna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1931, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 1,845 births, good for #149 nationwide. About 36% of every Shanna on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Shanna ranks #9,455 for baby girls with 8 births, falling sharply (-42%). All told, over 28K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shanna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Shanna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Shanna
Shanna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1931 and has accumulated 28K births in the dataset. Shanna's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #149. Use the chart and map above to compare Shanna'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.