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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shena

Shena was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 804th with 198 babies. More babies were named Shena in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1984198 babies
Total since 1880
2,356babies recorded

Shena popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#17,2045
1990#2,22758
1980#1,73365
1970#1,25589
1960#2,42325
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shena, counting every spelling?

Shena has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shena?

About 2,200 people born in the US named Shena are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 40 and 51. That makes Shena mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shena by state

How common Shena was among girls born in each state in 1982–1986, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (3.0×), Alabama (2.3×), Oklahoma (2.2×), North Carolina (1.9×), Tennessee (1.8×). In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIN0.06Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCA0.06Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesKY0.11West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesVA0.14Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesAR0.09Tennessee: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesTN0.17North Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNC0.17South Carolina: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesSC0.09District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesOK0.20Louisiana: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesLA0.10Mississippi: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMS0.27Alabama: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAL0.20Georgia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesGA0.15Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesFL0.15
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shena, girls, 1982–1986. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shena: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shena, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shena

How popular is the name Shena?

Shena was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 804th with 198 babies. More babies were named Shena in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shena a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,356 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shena most popular?

In 1982–1986, Shena was most common in Mississippi (0.27 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Oklahoma.