girl's name

Shanyah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 454

Shanyah is a girl's name. In 2021 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 38 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1996.

Shanyah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shanyah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 55
2000s 304
2010s 82
2020s (to 2021) 7

How popular is Shanyah?

In 2021, Shanyah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanyah is used

England & Wales #4,822 3 in 2003
United States #12,299 7 in 2021

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 Shanyah

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

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

Sibling names for Shanyah

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

Common questions about Shanyah

How popular is the name Shanyah?

In 2021, Shanyah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shanyah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanyah most popular?

Shanyah peaked in 2004, when 38 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.