girl's name

Shannia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 131

Shannia is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1996, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1988.

Shannia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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Births named Shannia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 46
2000s 49
2010s (to 2014) 5

How popular is Shannia?

In 2014, Shannia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shannia is used

England & Wales #6,485 3 in 2007
United States #18,342 5 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shannia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shannia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shannia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shannia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shannia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shannia

How popular is the name Shannia?

In 2014, Shannia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shannia a girl's or a boy's name?

Shannia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shannia most popular?

Shannia peaked in 1996, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.