Shanah

SHA-nuh /ˈʃænə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Shanah is a very rare variant of Shawna that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.

Shanah is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Shanah was first reported in SSA data in 1969 and peaked in 1977 (17 births).

About the name Shanah

PronunciationSHA-nuh /ˈʃænə/
17peak births 1977
1969first in SSA data

Names similar to Shanah

How popular is Shanah?

Girls named Shanah
196919701980199020002008
Girls named Shanah per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1969–2008 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2008) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Shanah total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
200855#20,003
200766#17,276
200577#14,268
200466#15,765
200155#17,514
200055#17,162
199888#10,968
19977—#11,875
19958—#10,343
19945—#15,337
19935—#15,350
199214—#6,592
19916—#12,828
199012—#7,219
19898—#9,512
198813—#6,202
19879—#7,876
19869—#7,626
198517—#4,610
198414—#5,162
198311—#6,145
198211—#6,286
19817—#8,867
198011—#6,243
197915—#4,801
197812—#5,488
197717—#4,202
19766—#9,013
19755—#10,282
19749—#6,145
19735—#9,503
19709—#5,735
19698—#5,869