Shanaya Girl
How popular is Shanaya?
#1,981 girl name in 2025
97 baby girls were named Shanaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name.
3,124living people named Shanaya (est.)
11median age of people named Shanaya
3,149babies named Shanaya since 1880
1 in 34,179US babies born in 2025
Shanaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,981 for girls (▲ 118 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,382 in 2015, #1,533 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (234 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,098 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Shanaya is most popular
Babies named Shanaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Shanaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #8,560 |
| 1980s | 162 | #3,471 |
| 1990s | 381 | #2,092 |
| 2000s | 528 | #2,443 |
| 2010s | 1,368 | #1,098 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,533 |
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Questions
- Is Shanaya a boy or girl name?
- Shanaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shanaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Shanaya?
- 97 baby girls were named Shanaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name.
- When was Shanaya most popular?
- Shanaya peaked in 2016, when 234 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,098 in 2016.
- How many people are named Shanaya?
- 3,149 babies have been named Shanaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,124 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Shanaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shanaya was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.