# Shania (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shania/  
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 | 15,814 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,814 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,940, 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 | 290 | 901 |
| 2012 | 211 | 1,165 |
| 2013 | 199 | 1,207 |
| 2014 | 154 | 1,462 |
| 2015 | 129 | 1,666 |
| 2016 | 128 | 1,682 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,975 |
| 2018 | 143 | 1,531 |
| 2019 | 92 | 2,067 |
| 2020 | 85 | 2,151 |
| 2021 | 103 | 1,924 |
| 2022 | 90 | 2,139 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2,046 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,631 |
| 2025 | 70 | 2,535 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 534 |
| 2012 | 64 | 647 |
| 2013 | 78 | 536 |
| 2014 | 41 | 907 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## 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.