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How popular is the name Shanna?

Births per year, rank history and how many Shannas are alive today.

Shanna (female), a spelling of Shana, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2009 (ranked 2759th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 25 babies were given the name, the 869th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Shana you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Shanas born in England and Wales are between 23 and 34, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shana - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Shana.

How many babies are named Shanna each year?

Includes all spellings: Shanna, Shana. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0204060200020201996: 671997: 391998: 441999: 532000: 452001: 432002: 352003: 422004: 302005: 312006: 342007: 232008: 182009: 212010: 152011: 82012: 52013: 92014: 92015: 82016: 72017: 62018: 42019: 42020: 32021: 42023: 52024: 42025: 6actual

Where does the Shanna spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001996: ranked 8691997: ranked 1,4501998: ranked 1,1651999: ranked 1,0182000: ranked 1,1952001: ranked 1,7282002: ranked 1,9282003: ranked 1,5522004: ranked 2,5302005: ranked 2,4382006: ranked 2,5092007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 3,3972009: ranked 2,759

Where does the Shana spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 5821997: ranked 8201998: ranked 8171999: ranked 7032000: ranked 7822001: ranked 7532002: ranked 8902003: ranked 8762004: ranked 1,0432005: ranked 1,0822006: ranked 1,0522007: ranked 1,7412008: ranked 2,0222009: ranked 1,9092010: ranked 1,8152011: ranked 2,8932012: ranked 4,1712013: ranked 2,6492014: ranked 2,6592015: ranked 2,9452016: ranked 3,2142017: ranked 3,5832018: ranked 4,6842019: ranked 4,6862020: ranked 5,4932021: ranked 4,6342023: ranked 4,0572024: ranked 4,8442025: ranked 3,705

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Shanna per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 67 in 1996
Shanna: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Shanna most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Shana, peaked in 1996, when 67 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Shanna spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 25 babies.

How many people are called Shanna?

At least 1,000 people named Shanna in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Shanna?

Most living Shannas are between 23 and 34; the most common age is about 31.

Is Shanna becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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