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Shanah

2 syllablesPeak year: 19856 lettersStarts with S

Meaning & origin

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Shanah's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Shanah, Social Security Administration data
YearBirths named Shanah
19698
19709
19735
19749
19755
19766
197717
197812
197915
198011
19817
198211
198311
198414
198517
19869
19879
198813
19898
199012
19916
199214
19935
19945
19958
19977
19988
20005
20015
20046
20057
20076
20085

Shanah through the decades

  • Shanah peaked in 1985, when 17 babies were named Shanah in the US.
  • Over the last 10 years of data (1994–2008), use of Shanah has fallen 42% compared to the 10 years before that.

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