Shanasia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NAY-zha
- Origin
- Modern
Shanasia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shanasia come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Nasia
Is Shanasia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanasia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanasia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Shanasia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanasia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
Names like Shanasia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safia, Aaliyah, Samira, Safiya, Safa, Zaniya, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Salma, Jaliyah, Samia, Aliya
Names related to Shanasia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shanasia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanasia, updated 20 October 2026.