Shaneya — girls' name
60 babies named Shaneya in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
60 girls have been named Shaneya since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 60
- total births
- 1986–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Shaneya was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shaneya in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneya
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Shaneya between 1986 and 2009, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaneya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneya 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 60 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.
Shaneya at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1986
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
60 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 6 births in a single year.
Shaneya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 28 births that decade — 47% of Shaneya's all-time total
Shaneya decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaneya's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.