Girls' name · since 1997
Shanaiya
Shanaiya has 90 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanaiya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 90 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanaiya has been recorded 90 times among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2009.
- #28,351 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanaiya ranks #28,351 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanaiya's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shanaiya splits its recorded history at 2004: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shanaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2009
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shanaiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 88% of the file).
2000s was Shanaiya's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Shanaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (88% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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, 1997–2009 (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 Shanaiya 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.