Girls' name · since 1996
Shanayah
76 babies named Shanayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanayah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanayah has been recorded 76 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 2024.
- #30,254 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanayah ranks #30,254 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanayah's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shanayah's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shanayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shanayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Shanayah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shanayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Shanayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
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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, 1996–2024 (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 Shanayah 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.