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Girl name

Shaniya

100% girls · 28 born in 2025

Shaniya has been given to about 6,541 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 6,493
Median age today20 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shaniya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2010 · 517
  • Born in 202528
  • All time6,541
  • England & Wales, 20253

How popular is Shaniya?

Its best year was 2010, when 517 babies were given the name, ranking 567th. The typical living American called Shaniya is about 20 years old today.

Names that sound like Shaniya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shania0.91
  2. Saniya0.88
  3. Shanika0.83
  4. Aniya0.76
  5. Janiya0.76
  6. Taniya0.76
  7. Samiya0.76
  8. Shana0.74

Middle names for Shaniya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shaniya Josephine0.84
  2. Shaniya Rose0.83
  3. Shaniya Louise0.83
  4. Shaniya June0.82
  5. Shaniya Pearl0.82
  6. Shaniya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Shaniya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Brayanbrother · 0.93
  2. Hallesister · 0.90
  3. Isabelasister · 0.90
  4. Dulcesister · 0.90
  5. Tracebrother · 0.89
  6. Keatonbrother · 0.88

Where Shaniya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shaniya White0.78
    2. Shaniya Reyes0.78
    3. Shaniya Nguyen0.78
    4. Shaniya Moore0.78
    5. Shaniya Lee0.78
    6. Shaniya Hill0.78

    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 Shaniya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.