Shania — #2606 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shania

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,744 babies named Shania between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shania currently holds the #2606 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 1,837 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shania performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,905 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,587 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shania in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shania 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 15,744 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.