Shaniya — #5062 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaniya

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,513 babies named Shaniya between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaniya currently holds the #5062 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 517 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaniya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,856 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shaniya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 600 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaniya in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaniya 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 6,513 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.