How popular is the name Shania?

Shania ranks 1,063rd among girls' names in US records, with 15,904 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,034.

Is Shania a unisex name?

No. Shania is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1996, when 1,855 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Shannia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,063 of girl names

Pronounced SH AE1 N IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)

Shania is a girls' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 15,904 children — the 1,063rd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 73% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1996, when 1,855 children were given it.

Shannia is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Shania and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Shania?: Shania ranks 1,063rd among girls' names in US records, with 15,904 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,034.
Is Shania a unisex name?: No. Shania is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Shania most popular?: 1996, when 1,855 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Shania spelled?: Shannia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.