Girls' name · since 1970
Shania
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 15,814 babies named Shania, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,814
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shania currently ranks #2526 among girls' names in America, with 15,814 babies recorded since 1970.
Shania has 15,814 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2526 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #1,237 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,526 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,814 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shania ranks #1,237 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,526 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,814 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,814
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shania's 15,814 recorded births place it above 98.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Shania compares
15,814 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Shania's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,814 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,837 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shania's full recorded timeline at 1998, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 1,837 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 1,837
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Shania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,905 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Shania's strongest decade.
6,905 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 112
1970s
112 births
- 1980s 315
1980s
315 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,256 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,905 births
- 2010s 1,715
2010s
1,715 births
- 2020s 511
2020s
511 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,905 births (44% of all-time use).
How Shania compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shania's total volume
Shania by state
Where Shania concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,587 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,116 | 7.1% |
| #3 | California | | 818 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 753 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 637 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 626 | 4.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 611 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 576 | 3.6% |
1,587 of 15,814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Shania appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shania's data
- Shania's decade-level peak was the 2000s (6,905 total births); usage has since declined to 511 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shanias (1,587 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Shania 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.