# Shanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,372 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 88 / 28,284 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 168, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,455 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,082 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,632 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,769 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,224 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,327 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,256 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,721 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,976 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,449 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,971 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,110 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,262 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,160 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,982 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | 4,900 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,985 |
| 1974 | 12 | 3,094 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,713 |
| 1978 | 10 | 3,812 |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,532 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,428 |
| 1981 | 5 | 7,111 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,193 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,158 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,414 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 25 | 869 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1,450 |
| 1998 | 17 | 1,165 |
| 1999 | 20 | 1,018 |
| 2000 | 16 | 1,195 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 13 | 1,552 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2,438 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |

## People named Shanna

- Shanna Moakler, American actress and model

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.