Girls' name · since 1998
Shanyra
34 babies named Shanyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanyra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanyra has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1998, 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 1998 to 2009.
- #39,631 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanyra ranks #39,631 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shanyra's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanyra's full recorded timeline at 2005, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Shanyra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Shanyra's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Shanyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1998–2009 (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 Shanyra 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.