Shanavia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanavia

The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Shanavia between 1977 and 2010, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanavia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanavia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shanavia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanavia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanavia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 220 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.