Girls' name · since 2001
Shanyiah
91 babies named Shanyiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
91 girls have been named Shanyiah since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shanyiah recorded 91 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2015.
- #28,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanyiah ranks #28,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shanyiah's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shanyiah splits its recorded history at 2009: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shanyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2015
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Shanyiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Shanyiah's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Shanyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanyiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2001–2015 (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 Shanyiah 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.