Shana

Girl name

Shana has been given to 29,748 babies in the U.S. since 1937. It peaked in 1984.

Meaning & origin

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

Origin: Welsh

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

29,748

Peak year

1984 (1,569 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1937

10-year trend

▼ -32%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Shana.

29,740 babies since 1944

30,325 babies since 1959

30,617 babies since 1912

30,799 babies since 1931

28,372 babies since 1931

28,121 babies since 1938

28,067 babies since 1908

26,685 babies since 1880

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