Shanay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-NAY
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Shanay is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Shanay come from?
Uncertain
Is Shanay a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shanay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4 boys.
Shanay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Shanay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Shanay, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Shanay in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
Names like Shanay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivay Shivansh Shivam Aarav Siddharth Shiv Krishiv Avyaan Yuvraj Viraj Vihaan Avi
Names related to Shanay
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shanay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanay, updated 20 October 2026.