Shanaya
Recorded 1976–2025 · United States
Shanaya was most popular in 2016, when 234 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,991 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,600, with 97 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,149 people named Shanaya.
Shanaya over time
How old is the name Shanaya?
Shanaya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1976, which makes it about 49 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 48 of the 50 years since.
How many people are named Shanaya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,149 American births named Shanaya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,119 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shanaya in 2025?
97 American babies were named Shanaya in 2025, ranking #3,600 that year.
Is Shanaya getting more or less popular?
Shanaya is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 112 births a year, against 106 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +6% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shanaya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shanaya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,149 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shanaya?
Roughly 3,119 Americans named Shanaya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 11 years old, and half are between 7 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shanaya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org