Shenna
Shenna is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Shenna Bellows, American politician Leila Shenna, Moroccan former actress
Meaning & Origin of Shenna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shenna is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Shenna Bellows, American politician Leila Shenna, Moroccan former actress
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The Story of Shenna
The earliest SSA record of Shenna as a baby girl name dates back to 1948, when 6 babies received it. 1984 was its biggest year on record, with 179 newborns named Shenna — #855 in the national rankings. About 59% of every Shenna on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shenna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2000, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shenna
Shenna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Shenna's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #855. Use the chart and map above to compare Shenna'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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