Shanya
Shanya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2003182 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 2,156people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,156 girls have been named Shanya in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 182 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 182 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 63%.
By decade
In 2003, its biggest year
Shanya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Shanya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yaquelinpeak 2000
- Jadapeak 2005
- Jaquelinpeak 2000
- Jalynpeak 2003
- Shamyapeak 2005
- Gissellpeak 2000
- Gisselpeak 2004
- Takaylapeak 2004
Other spellings in the data
- Shania15,744 ever
- Saniyah7,122 ever
- Saniya6,911 ever
- Shaniya6,513 ever
- Shaniyah3,031 ever
- Shaniah1,928 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.