Shaniyah Girl
How popular is Shaniyah?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Shaniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Shaniyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▼ 219 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,236 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (223 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,147 in 2007 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1995 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shaniyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shaniya family of names ranked #2,317 for girls in 2025 (#2,307 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shaniya | 28 | 54% |
| Shaniyah | 24 | 46% |
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 Shaniyah is most popular
Babies named Shaniyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Shaniyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Shaniyah
Questions
- Is Shaniyah a boy or girl name?
- Shaniyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shaniyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Shaniyah?
- 24 baby girls were named Shaniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Shaniyah most popular?
- Shaniyah peaked in 2007, when 223 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,147, held for 2 years starting in 2007.
- How many people are named Shaniyah?
- 3,057 babies have been named Shaniyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,032 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Shaniyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shaniyah 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.