Girls' name · since 1988
Shannia
105 babies named Shannia in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shannia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 105 have been recorded since 1988.
Shannia has 105 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2014.
- #26,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shannia ranks #26,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shannia's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shannia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shannia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shannia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2014
- Peak year (1996)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shannia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (49 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Shannia's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shannia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Shannia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Shannia: 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 (~26 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, 1988–2014 (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 Shannia 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.