Shania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Shania is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
What does Shania mean?
Modern: popularised by the singer Shania Twain
Brought to fame by the Canadian singer Shania Twain, who adopted it as her stage name.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shania a girl's or a boy's name?
Shania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Shania, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 511 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Shania since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Shania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Shania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Shania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 49 | #851 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 83 | #552 |
| 2012 | 64 | #699 |
| 2011 | 85 | #541 |
| 2010 | 97 | #479 |
| 2009 | 118 | #406 |
| 2008 | 131 | #379 |
| 2007 | 134 | #360 |
| 2006 | 164 | #307 |
| 2005 | 193 | #259 |
| 2004 | 134 | #331 |
| 2003 | 230 | #223 |
| 2002 | 162 | #273 |
| 2001 | 209 | #217 |
| 2000 | 511 | #111 |
| 1999 | 382 | #143 |
| 1998 | 105 | #359 |
| 1997 | 43 | #657 |
| 1996 | 29 | #837 |
How popular is Shania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,514th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Shania, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,837 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Shania in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 girls in the US were given Shania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
Shania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2021 | 103 | #1,910 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,135 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,056 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,520 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,964 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 2014 | 154 | #1,459 |
| 2013 | 199 | #1,203 |
| 2012 | 211 | #1,162 |
| 2011 | 290 | #898 |
| 2010 | 268 | #955 |
| 2009 | 335 | #834 |
| 2008 | 464 | #660 |
| 2007 | 527 | #569 |
| 2006 | 639 | #487 |
| 2005 | 707 | #436 |
| 2004 | 812 | #385 |
| 2003 | 955 | #327 |
| 2002 | 605 | #468 |
| 2001 | 763 | #383 |
| 2000 | 1,098 | #291 |
| 1999 | 1,639 | #190 |
| 1998 | 1,049 | #286 |
| 1997 | 861 | #331 |
| 1996 | 1,837 | #171 |
| 1995 | 576 | #445 |
| 1994 | 68 | #2,042 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Shania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safia, Aaliyah, Summer, Safiya, Sumayyah, Khadija, Amira, Zainab, Salma, Halima, Samira
Other spellings of Shania
Names related to Shania
Sana, Shaan, Sihana, Shauna, Shani, Suhana, Shaina, Saniyah, Sanai, Saniya, Shayna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Shania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shania, updated 20 October 2026.