Shanyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Shanyah between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanyah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanyah 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 448 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.