Shana
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Shana is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Shana mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shana a girl's or a boy's name?
Shana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Shana, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 45 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Shana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Shana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 45 | #598 |
How popular is Shana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Shana, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 1,563 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Shana in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,718 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,697 |
| 2003 | 144 | #1,385 |
| 2002 | 137 | #1,403 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | 192 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 212 | #973 |
| 1998 | 254 | #837 |
| 1997 | 277 | #762 |
| 1996 | 342 | #652 |
| 1995 | 367 | #607 |
| 1994 | 395 | #579 |
| 1993 | 521 | #486 |
| 1992 | 596 | #423 |
| 1991 | 698 | #369 |
| 1990 | 762 | #349 |
| 1989 | 769 | #327 |
| 1988 | 945 | #267 |
| 1987 | 1,018 | #251 |
| 1986 | 1,094 | #236 |
| 1985 | 1,423 | #189 |
| 1984 | 1,563 | #174 |
| 1983 | 718 | #323 |
| 1982 | 695 | #342 |
| 1981 | 819 | #295 |
| 1980 | 913 | #273 |
| 1979 | 1,198 | #218 |
| 1978 | 1,345 | #192 |
| 1977 | 1,501 | #183 |
| 1976 | 1,322 | #189 |
| 1975 | 1,019 | #239 |
| 1974 | 675 | #328 |
| 1973 | 682 | #326 |
| 1972 | 764 | #317 |
| 1971 | 732 | #345 |
| 1970 | 992 | #293 |
| 1969 | 877 | #305 |
| 1968 | 439 | #460 |
| 1967 | 379 | #489 |
| 1966 | 372 | #482 |
| 1965 | 265 | #586 |
| 1964 | 174 | #784 |
| 1963 | 132 | #915 |
| 1962 | 99 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,143 |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,252 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,584 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
Names like Shana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Holly, Erin, Amber, Francesca, Tara, Jasmine, Lara, Molly, Cara, Sarah, Sara
Names related to Shana
Shannon, Sana, Shanaya, Shaan, Shania, Siana, Sihana, Sanaa, Sanai, Shayna, Shaina
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shana, updated 20 October 2026.