Shaney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaney

The Social Security Administration has registered 415 babies named Shaney between 1964 and 2017, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaney performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaney in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaney 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 415 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.