Shanna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shanna: Recorded since 1971, it reached #284 in 2003, and it was last ranked in 2009.

3registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#1450
1998	#1165
1999	#1018
2000	#1195
2001	#1728
2002	#1928
2003	#1552
2004	#2530
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#2759

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 7 of the 37 years from 1971 to 2007.

In 2008: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3397 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #349 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2008
Highest recorded position: #284 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2008).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #2759 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009.
England and Wales · Girls

Shanna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 14 ranked years and 168 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1971.

Shanna 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.

Shanna'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	#349 (1971)	#349 (1971)	#842 (2007)	7 of 37	28 (1971–2007)	6 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#869 (1996)	#869 (1996)	#2759 (2009)	14 of 14	168 (1996–2009)	25 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#284 (2003)	#439 (2008)	5 of 12	16 (1997–2008)	4 (2003)

Shanna 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 1971 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #284 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Shanna'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
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	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.

Where Shanna is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Shanna, between 1971 and 2009, in 17 of those 39 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1971–2007	7	#349 in 1971
England and Wales	1996–2009	14	#869 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2008	5	#284 in 2003

Its high point came 32 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1971) than in Northern Ireland (2003).

No registrar recorded it for 8 years after 1971; it appears again in 1980.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1971 and 2009, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

Shanise · #655, 11y
Shaniyah · #2062, 16y
Shannan · #232, 18y
Shannen · #77, 17y

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.

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Zhi · #281, 21y
Eile · #288, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Julieanne · #284, 18y
Charmaine · #283, 48y
Dario · #286, 33y
Fredrick · #286, 45y

Shanna was ranked #284 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Adele#284
Aoibhin#284
Blathnaid#284
Cadhla#284
Abi#331
Aideen#331
Alix#331
Ami#331

Shanna 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shanna without appearing here.

Shanna moved ahead of

Geraldine
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2759 and #3936.
Kristy
In 2006 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #3218.
Donna
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2759 and #3031.
Vicki
In 1997 they stood at #1450 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1165 and #1319.

Moved ahead of Shanna

Alma
In 2003 they stood at #1552 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1535.
Clodagh
In 2003 they stood at #1552 and #1722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1535.
Amalie
In 2001 they stood at #1728 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #938.
Ada
In 2003 they stood at #1552 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1617.

Moved the opposite way to Shanna

Ada
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 while Ada went from #2683 to #547.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 while Alma went from #2096 to #1105.
Alyssa
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 while Alyssa went from #783 to #168.
Amalie
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 while Amalie went from #2096 to #806.

Moved the same way as Shanna

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 and Abigail from #21 to #36.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 and Aisling from #440 to #1287.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 and Alex from #161 to #495.
Alexandra
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanna went from #869 to #2759 and Alexandra from #38 to #87.

What's not yet available

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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 1971 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #284 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Shanna across 3 official records

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