Sheniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-NEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Sheniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sheniya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, a variant of Shenia and Shaniya
Is Sheniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Sheniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sheniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sheniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Sheniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shriya, Amya, Shreya, Priya, Avaya, Janiyah, Anaya, Saanvi, Araya, Radhika, Shanaya, Saanvika
Names related to Sheniya
Shania, Saniya, Shine, Shaniya, Shaniyah, Sheena, Shanya, Sheina
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Sheniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheniya, updated 20 October 2026.