Shauna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shauna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shauna: Recorded every year since 1966, it reached #6 in 1993, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
111times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for
22names it appears alongside

What stands out in Shauna's record

Ranked every year since 1966, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Appears alongside 22 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 60 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#142
1997	#134
1998	#142
1999	#155
2000	#115
2001	#160
2002	#159
2003	#243
2004	#287
2005	#385
2006	#480
2007	#675
2008	#668
2009	#916
2010	#1429
2011	#1295
2012	#1525
2013	#2649
2014	#1798
2015	#2496
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1993 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shauna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 6,795 births with the name.

Shauna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shauna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#6 (1993)	#885 (2025)	60 of 60	6,795 (1966–2025)	545 (1993)
England and Wales · Girls	#142 (1996)	#115 (2000)	#4192 (2024)	28 of 29	3,067 (1996–2024)	424 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#46 (1997)	#46 (1997)	#424 (2019)	23 of 23	388 (1997–2019)	54 (1998)

Shauna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shauna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	30	4 of 10	8
1970s	145	10 of 10	15
1980s	490	10 of 10	49
1990sbusiest	3,720	10 of 10	372
2000s	1,905	10 of 10	191
2010s	442	10 of 10	44
2020s	63	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 372 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births rose by 138, from 329 to 467.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Shauna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Shauna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#916	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#668	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#675	51	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#480	80	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#385	103	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#287	145	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#243	186	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#159	275	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#160	280	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#115	424	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#155	294	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#142	319	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#134	356	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#142	316	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#133	15	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#95	20	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#79	25	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#72	30	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#67	33	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#56	41	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#58	35	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#47	54	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#46	51	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	24	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	19	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	34	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	43	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	41	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	60	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	75	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	80	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	88	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	104	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	139	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#39	162	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#38	168	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#32	194	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#26	231	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#22	232	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	299	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	288	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	270	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	267	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	370	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#13	396	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	418	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#7	461	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#6	545	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#8	467	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	329	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#30	197	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	70	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	62	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	72	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	47	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	46	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	55	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	52	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	29	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	22	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	24	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1993.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 545 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sharon · #2, 73y
Shaun · #34, 61y
Shaunagh · #220, 13y
Shaunie · #516, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Geraldine · #7, 58y
Karoline · #5, 64y
Aisling · #8, 62y
Siobhán · #15, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aaron · #6, 61y
Cian · #6, 60y
Florence · #6, 61y
Jude · #6, 56y

Comparisons involving Shauna

Existing comparison pages where Shauna and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Shauna in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aoife vs Shauna
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #189 and #380 in 1966 to #34 and #885 in 2025.
Aoife · Shauna · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Shauna vs Cara
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cara rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #380 and #344 in 1966 to #885 and #52 in 2025.
Shauna · Cara · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Emily vs Shauna
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Emily rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #189 and #380 in 1966 to #6 and #885 in 2025.
Emily · Shauna · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Shauna and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Donna vs Shauna
In Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1990 as Donna fell out of it to #63, having been #49 the year before.
Donna · Shauna · 52 shared years, 1966–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1990 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Shauna measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Shauna at its highest position.

Emma vs Shauna
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Emma rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #226 and #380 in 1966 to #28 and #885 in 2025.
Emma · Shauna · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Grace vs Shauna
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Grace rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #130 and #380 in 1966 to #4 and #885 in 2025.
Grace · Shauna · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Hannah vs Shauna
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hannah rose about as far as Shauna fell — from #104 and #380 in 1966 to #21 and #885 in 2025.
Hannah · Shauna · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Shauna was ranked #6 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1993. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shauna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shauna without appearing here.

Shauna moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #4843.
Sinead Compare
In 2017 they stood at #249 and #178 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #267 and #629.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1976 they stood at #417 and #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #227 and #518.
Renee Compare
In 1972 they stood at #380 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #262 and #508.

Moved ahead of Shauna

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2115.
Finley Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2942.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Shauna

Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 while Alexandra went from #288 to #141.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 while Clodagh went from #160 to #47.
Emma Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 while Emma went from #226 to #28.

Moved the same way as Shauna

Audrey Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 and Audrey from #63 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 and Eileen from #18 to #443.
Julia Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 and Julia from #59 to #118.
Martina Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shauna went from #380 to #885 and Martina from #12 to #325.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shauna

Shauna at a glance

What stands out in Shauna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shauna across 3 official records

Shauna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shauna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Shauna

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Shauna

Shauna and the names beside it

Shauna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shauna

Moved the opposite way to Shauna

Moved the same way as Shauna

Shauna at a glance

What stands out in Shauna's record

Shauna across 3 official records

Shauna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shauna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Shauna

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Shauna

Shauna and the names beside it

Shauna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shauna

Moved the opposite way to Shauna

Moved the same way as Shauna