Girls' name · since 1996
Sheniah
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 71 babies named Sheniah, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Sheniah since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sheniah has 71 recorded births among girls since 1996, 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 1996 to 2007.
- #31,017 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheniah ranks #31,017 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sheniah's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheniah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Sheniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Sheniah's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Sheniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2007 (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 Sheniah 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.