The first name Shana

In 2025, 6 girls were named Shana, making it the 3,705th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 1996, with 42 births (#582).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Shana with other names.

In 2025, 25 girls born in the United States were named Shana, the 5,213th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1984, when 1,563 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Shanaze Reade
  English bicycle motocross rider and track cyclist, born 1988
• Shana Alexander
  American journalist (1925–2005)
• Shana Cox
  American sprinter who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011
• Shana Williams
  American athlete, born 1972
• Shana Feste
  American film director and screenwriter, born 1975

• Megan
• Meredith
• Winifred
• Gwen
• Kay
• Brynn
• Cerys
• Gwendolyn
• Carys
• Gladys
• Meghan
• Sian
• Rhiannon
• Enid
• Lowri
• Bronwyn

All 78 names of Welsh origin

What does the name Shana mean?

Anglicized variant of the Welsh name Siân (pet form Siana) - or a version of the French name Jeanne.

What is the origin of the name Shana?

Anglicized variant of the Welsh name Siân (pet form Siana) - or a version of the French name Jeanne.

How popular is the name Shana?

In 2025, 6 girls born in England and Wales were named Shana, ranking 3,705th. Its peak was 1996, with 42 births.

Is Shana a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 29,748 US babies named Shana since 1880 were girls.

When was Shana most popular?

1984 in the United States, when 1,563 babies were named Shana, its highest rank at 174th.