Shania Girl
How popular is Shania?
#2,514 girl name in 2025
70 baby girls were named Shania in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
Shania popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,514 for girls (▲ 93 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,655 in 2015, #2,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (1,837 girls) |
| Highest rank | #171 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| 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 |
Shania counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shania family of names ranked #1,826 for girls in 2025 (#1,803 the year before), with 78 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shania | 70 | 90% |
| Shaniah | 8 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shania is most popular
Babies named Shania per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Shania by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 112 | #3,442 |
| 1980s | 315 | #2,361 |
| 1990s | 6,256 | #171 |
| 2000s | 6,905 | #291 |
| 2010s | 1,715 | #898 |
| 2020s | 511 | #1,910 |
Girl names about as popular as Shania
Questions
- Is Shania a boy or girl name?
- Shania is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shania were girls.
- How popular is the name Shania?
- 70 baby girls were named Shania in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
- When was Shania most popular?
- Shania peaked in 1996, when 1,837 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #171 in 1996.
- How many people are named Shania?
- 15,814 babies have been named Shania in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,633 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Shania most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shania was most common in Florida, at 0.1 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.