Shaniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Shaniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
Where does Shaniyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Shaniya, itself a variant of Shania, or Sha- with -niya
Meaning borrowed from Shaniya.
Is Shaniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaniyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shaniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Shaniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Shaniyah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 223 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Shaniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 227 girls in the US were given Shaniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Shaniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,419 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 91 | #2,114 |
| 2013 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,583 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,427 |
| 2010 | 213 | #1,147 |
| 2009 | 210 | #1,194 |
| 2008 | 219 | #1,167 |
| 2007 | 223 | #1,147 |
| 2006 | 186 | #1,281 |
| 2005 | 199 | #1,162 |
| 2004 | 195 | #1,161 |
| 2003 | 138 | #1,431 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,631 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,792 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,035 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
Names like Shaniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Sumayyah, Ayah, Zainab, Kaliyah, Summer, Amaya, Aasiyah, Amira, Anaya, Safiya
Other spellings of Shaniyah
Names related to Shaniyah
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, “Shaniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaniyah, updated 20 October 2026.