Girls' name · since 1995
Shanyia
498 babies named Shanyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 498
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanyia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 498 recorded since 1995.
Shanyia has 498 recorded births among girls since 1995, 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 1995 to 2019.
- #11,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 498 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanyia ranks #11,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 498 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 498
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanyia's 498 recorded births place it above 83.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Shanyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanyia's full recorded timeline at 2007, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2019
- Peak year (2002)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shanyia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (320 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Shanyia's strongest decade.
320 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Shanyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 71
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
320 births
- 2010s 107
2010s
107 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 320 births (64% of all-time use).
Shanyia by state
Where Shanyia concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 14 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
14 of 498 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Shanyia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (320 total births) through the 2010s (107) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Shanyias (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1995–2019 (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 Shanyia 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.