Shenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-NEE-uh
Shenia is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shenia come from?
Uncertain source
Is Shenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shenia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shenia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Shenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
Names like Shenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Shenia
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, “Shenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shenia, updated 20 October 2026.