Girls' name · since 1982
Shaniya
6,541 babies named Shaniya in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,809 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,541
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
6,541 babies have been named Shaniya since 1982, making it today's #4809 girls' name.
Shaniya has 6,541 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4809 as of the latest data, more common than 72% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #2,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,809 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,541 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaniya ranks #2,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,809 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,541 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,809 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,541
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaniya's 6,541 recorded births place it above 97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Shaniya compares
6,541 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Shaniya's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaniya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,541 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 517 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shaniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaniya splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 517 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 517
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Shaniya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,856 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Shaniya's strongest decade.
3,856 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Shaniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 797
1990s
797 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,856 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,665 births
- 2020s 204
2020s
204 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,856 births (59% of all-time use).
How Shaniya 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 Shaniya's total volume
Shaniya by state
Where Shaniya concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 600 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 553 | 8.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 540 | 8.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 478 | 7.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 321 | 4.9% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 305 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 286 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Texas | | 260 | 4.0% |
600 of 6,541 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Shaniya appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shaniya's data
- Shaniya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,856 total births); usage has since declined to 204 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Shaniyas (600 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shaniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Shaniya 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.