girls:
28.3k births since 1931
#851 (85th percentile)
boys:
88 births since 1972
#4498 (2nd percentile)
overall:
28.4k births since 1931
#1514 (80th percentile)
The name Shanna is the #1,514 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,355 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 80.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #851 (85.1% percentile) for all time with 28,267 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #4,498 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1972.
Shanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for girls and 1972 for boys).
The name Shanna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shanna reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 80.8% percentile (ranked #146) with 1,122 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 1,122 births per million (ranked 80.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1981, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shanna ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 0.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shanna reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #646) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shanna".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shanna", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 26 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shana" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shana..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Shanna is pronounced as SHA-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAH-nuh, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like SH AE1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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