girl's name

Shanara

  • Origin African American English
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 248

Shanara is a girl's name. In 2004 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Shanara is a name of African American English origin.
  • Peaked in 1991, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Shanara over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2004, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Shanara by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 28
1980s 94
1990s 101
2000s (to 2004) 18

How popular is Shanara?

In 2004, Shanara was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanara is used

England & Wales #5,496 3 in 2004
United States #15,124 6 in 2004

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shanara

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shanara also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shanara over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shanara

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shanara — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shanara

How popular is the name Shanara?

In 2004, Shanara was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shanara a girl's or a boy's name?

Shanara is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanara most popular?

Shanara peaked in 1991, when 17 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.