Boys' name · since 2018
Shanav
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Shanav, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,784 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,373 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
27 babies have been named Shanav since 2018, making it today's #13373 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shanav recorded 27 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #13373 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #26,784 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,373 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanav ranks #26,784 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,373 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,784 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,373 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shanav's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shanav compares
27 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shanav's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shanav | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shanav's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanav's full recorded timeline at 2020, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Shanav by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Shanav's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shanav births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanav: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Shanav 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.