Shania
Shania is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 67 births. Its best rank was 171st, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 670.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19961,837 births
- Best rank
- #171in 1996
- Since 1970
- 15,744people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,744 girls have been named Shania in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 1,837 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 67 births in 2024, against 1,837 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 44%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Shania was the 171st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Shania
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Odalispeak 1998
- Dejahpeak 1999
- Dajahpeak 1999
- Daijapeak 1997
- Nauticapeak 1999
- Odalyspeak 1996
- Daijahpeak 1996
- Tatyannapeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
- Saniyah7,122 ever
- Saniya6,911 ever
- Shaniya6,513 ever
- Shaniyah3,031 ever
- Shanya2,156 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.