Shanyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAHN-yah
- Origin
- Modern
Shanyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shanyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Shanya; probably a variant of Shania, or Shan- with the ending -ya
Meaning borrowed from Shanya.
Is Shanyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Shanyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Names like Shanyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Shreya Janiyah Sanvi Prisha Shriya Sasha Priya Anya Anvi Kaliyah Isha
Names related to Shanyah
More Modern names
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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, “Shanyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanyah, updated 20 October 2026.