Girls' name · since 2005
Shaniyla
Shaniyla has 15 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaniyla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaniyla has been recorded 15 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2008.
- #50,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaniyla ranks #50,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #50,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaniyla's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaniyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaniyla's full recorded timeline at 2007, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births.
Shaniyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2008
- Peak year (2005)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Shaniyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Shaniyla's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shaniyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaniyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2008 (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 Shaniyla 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.