Shaniah
Shaniah 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
- 2001148 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1990
- 1,928people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,928 girls have been named Shaniah in the United States since 1990, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 148 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 54%.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Shaniah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Shaniah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alizepeak 2002
- Tehyapeak 1998
- Yulisapeak 1997
- Tamiapeak 2004
- Destynipeak 1999
- Mykaylapeak 1999
- Destenypeak 2006
- Alliyahpeak 2002
Other spellings in the data
- Shania15,744 ever
- Saniyah7,122 ever
- Saniya6,911 ever
- Shaniya6,513 ever
- Shaniyah3,031 ever
- Shanya2,156 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.