How popular is the name Shaniya?

Shaniya ranks 1,444th among girls' names in US records, with 9,642 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,024.

Is Shaniya a unisex name?

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

2010, when 730 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Shaniyah, Shaneya, Shanija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,444 of girl names

Pronounced SH AA1 N EY1 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Shaniya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1982. It has been given to 9,642 children — the 1,444th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 80% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2010, when 730 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Shaniyah, Shaneya and Shanija — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Shaniya 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 Shaniya?: Shaniya ranks 1,444th among girls' names in US records, with 9,642 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,024.
Is Shaniya a unisex name?: No. Shaniya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Shaniya most popular?: 2010, when 730 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Shaniya spelled?: Shaniyah, Shaneya, Shanija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.