# Shanaya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanaya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,149 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,149 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,129, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,664 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,109 |
| 2013 | 130 | 1,643 |
| 2014 | 161 | 1,420 |
| 2015 | 171 | 1,385 |
| 2016 | 234 | 1,100 |
| 2017 | 213 | 1,159 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,268 |
| 2019 | 156 | 1,433 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,542 |
| 2021 | 116 | 1,767 |
| 2022 | 129 | 1,645 |
| 2023 | 128 | 1,633 |
| 2024 | 91 | 2,117 |
| 2025 | 97 | 1,988 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 30 | 1,130 |
| 2013 | 66 | 616 |
| 2014 | 75 | 563 |
| 2015 | 81 | 532 |
| 2016 | 86 | 503 |
| 2017 | 98 | 448 |
| 2018 | 86 | 497 |
| 2019 | 57 | 682 |
| 2020 | 66 | 589 |
| 2021 | 54 | 699 |
| 2022 | 86 | 481 |
| 2023 | 59 | 627 |
| 2024 | 54 | 696 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.