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Girl name

Shanaz

100% girls · last recorded 2017

Shanaz has been registered 105 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales105
Born in 2025—

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shanaz per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2000 · 13
  • Born in 20250
  • All time105

How popular is Shanaz?

Shanaz has not been registered in England and Wales since 2017. Its best year was 2000, with 13 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Shanaz

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shana0.78
  2. Shanna0.74
  3. Shannan0.75
  4. Shawna0.65
  5. Shayna0.65
  6. Shanda0.65
  7. Shanta0.65
  8. Shara0.65

Middle names for Shanaz

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shanaz Eve0.80
  2. Shanaz Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shanaz Josephine0.78
  4. Shanaz Anne0.78
  5. Shanaz Rose0.77
  6. Shanaz Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shanaz

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Tarasister · 0.76
  2. Wesleybrother · 0.75
  3. Robbieeither · 0.75
  4. Kirasister · 0.74
  5. Dionbrother · 0.74
  6. Ruthsister · 0.74

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2000 · 13
  3. Years recorded16 of 30
  4. All time105

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Shanaz Anderson0.74
  2. Shanaz White0.72
  3. Shanaz Reyes0.72
  4. Shanaz Nguyen0.72
  5. Shanaz Moore0.72
  6. Shanaz Lee0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Shanaz

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.