How rare is the name Shania?

12,970 people in the United States have the first name Shania, about 1 in 23,287. It ranks #2,088 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHANIA

#2,088

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,970
About
1 in 23,287
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,970 people named Shania, 45.5% reported their origin as Black, 27% as White and 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shania peaked in 1996, when 1,837 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
1,837
In 2025*
70 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,814 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shania by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #796. The largest share of babies named Shania, 71%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#7,733112
1980s#4,674315
1990s#7966,256
2000s#8436,905
2010s#2,4401,715
2020s#3,948511
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–9619%
Generation Z 1997–1271%
2013 and later9.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shania is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shania has been most common in New Mexico (3.4×), Florida (2.3×), and Alaska (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.51×).

13,908 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Shania

#2,086 Chantel · 13,006#2,087 Jeanie · 12,972#2,089 Wilmer · 12,924#2,090 Dusty · 12,895

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shania, most common first.

#1,359 Shana · 26,205#1,398 Shanna · 24,889#4,047 Shaniya · 4,790#4,285 Shani · 4,439#8,378 Shanya · 1,735#9,337 Shaniah · 1,494#10,775 Shamia · 1,220#13,303 Shanea · 912

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