Girls' name · since 1996
Shanaia
77 babies named Shanaia in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanaia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 77 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanaia has been recorded 77 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2008.
- #30,091 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanaia ranks #30,091 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanaia's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanaia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2008
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shanaia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Shanaia's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Shanaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shanaia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.