Girls' name · since 1990
Shanasia
Shanasia has 184 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanasia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 184 have been recorded since 1990.
Shanasia has 184 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2017.
- #20,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanasia ranks #20,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanasia's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shanasia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanasia's full recorded timeline at 2001, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanasia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shanasia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Shanasia's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shanasia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (51% of all-time use).
Shanasia by state
Where Shanasia concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 17.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.7% |
33 of 184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Shanasia's data
- Shanasia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shanasias (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shanasia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1990–2017 (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 Shanasia 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.