Shanzay
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAN-zay
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Shanzay is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Shanzay come from?
Pakistani name of uncertain root
Is Shanzay a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanzay is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shanzay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Shanzay, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shanzay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Shanzay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
How popular is Shanzay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Shanzay, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer girls named Shanzay than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Shanzay in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanzay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Shanzay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Ayah, Safaa, Sumayyah, Hiba, Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Rahma, Ayra, Summer
Names related to Shanzay
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, “Shanzay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanzay, updated 20 October 2026.