Shenia — girls' name
360 babies named Shenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Shenia was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shenia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Shenia between 1956 and 2014, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shenia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenia 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 360 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.
Shenia at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1956
- Peak year (1982)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
360 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 21 births in a single year.
Shenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 101 births that decade — 28% of Shenia's all-time total
Shenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shenia's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.