Baby name

Shania

Girl

Short-lived name

1996 was its best year: 1,837 births, or 1 baby in 1,985. Since then, the name has fallen 95%, to about 90 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 2514. 44% of all babies named Shania since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

15,814births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 171rank at its peak, in 1996

Where babies named Shania are born

1996

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The darker the blue, the more common Shania is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shania is most common in New Mexico (3.4 times), South Carolina (2.3) and Mississippi (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shana 29,635
Shanna 28,284
Shanda 7,997
Shaniya 6,541
Shanika 5,599
Shanta 5,112

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