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Shana

Rank in 2024
#4,195
Born in 2024
34
Peak year
1984 · #174
Origin
Welsh

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 34 girls were named Shana, about 1 in every 47,447.
  • It peaked in 1984 with 1,562 babies, ranked #174.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1937.
  • 29,608 girls have been named Shana since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Shana per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.5
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 52 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 937 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,475 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,724 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,084 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 336 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name from Welsh.
Origin
Welsh
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Shana, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Siena

    Rank
    #630
    Born '24
    467
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20182024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sana

    Rank
    #1,442
    Born '24
    152
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sanai

    Rank
    #1,577
    Born '24
    133
    Origin
    Persian
    1880peak 20082024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sahana

    Rank
    #1,774
    Born '24
    113
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20112024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sianna

    Rank
    #1,995
    Born '24
    98
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Shanaya

    Rank
    #2,093
    Born '24
    91
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20162024