Shaniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Shaniah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Shaniah mean?
Modern: spelling of Shania; popularised by the singer Shania Twain
Brought to fame by the Canadian singer Shania Twain, who adopted it as her stage name.
Meaning borrowed from Shania. More on Wiktionary.
Is Shaniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaniah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaniah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shaniah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaniah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Shaniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Shaniah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 148 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Shaniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 girls in the US were given Shaniah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Shaniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,933 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 148 | #1,298 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,370 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 142 | #1,230 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Shaniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Safa, Summer, Zainab, Safiya, Ayah, Ruqayyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Safia, Aaminah
Other spellings of Shaniah
Names related to Shaniah
Shaan, Sihana, Shauna, Shani, Suhana, Shaina, Saniyah, 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, “Shaniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaniah, updated 20 October 2026.