Sheana
Feminine · “A spelling of Sheena”
Sheana is a spelling in the Sheena family, the Scottish Gaelic form of Jane, or Shana with an extra letter. Its most famous relative, the singer Sheena Easton, was discovered on camera.
How old is the name Sheana?
Sheana first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Sheana alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 600 people named Sheana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sheana most popular?
Sheana peaked in 1985, reaching #1650 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Sìne to Sheana
The story of Sheana
In 1980 the BBC followed a young Scottish music student through the process of being turned into a pop star for a documentary series called The Big Time, and Sheena Easton became one: 'Morning Train' reached number one in America, and she sang the title song of the Bond film For Your Eyes Only. Sheana is one of the spellings of the Sheena family.
Meaningscholars disagree
A spelling of Sheena, the Gaelic Jane, or of Shana
Sheena renders the Scottish Gaelic Sìne, 'Jane'. Sheana may be that name or Shana respelled; the record does not say.
How the name formed
- Sìne
- Sheena
- Sheana
Related forms: Sìne · Sheena · Jane
Pronouncing Sheana
SHEE-nuh
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Sheana
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 198571 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1650reached in 1985
- Change vs 2005
- −22.2%7 in 2009, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sheana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sìne in Scottish Gaelic — related form
- Sheena in English — spelling variant
- Jane in English — related form
Sheanas among us
people named Sheana are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sheana sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Sheena, a name many people know.
- Rooted in the Gaelic form of Jane.
- Distinct on paper.
- People will write Sheena or Shana.
- Some will say SHAY-nuh.
- Its two possible sources give a two-part answer.
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- How many Sheanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Sheana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sheana in 2025?
- Sheana is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Sheana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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