How Many People Are Named Shania?
people named Shania are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,814 babies named Shania in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,837 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
In the case of singer Shania Twain (1965-), who chose it as her stage name, she has claimed it was based on an Ojibwa phrase meaning "on my way". This appears to be untrue.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shania in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shania alive today is about 23 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shania first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1996, to 1,837 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shania has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #171, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #2,535.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,535 |
| Best rank | #171 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #440 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shania alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shania were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,568 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shania was given 3.4 times as often in New Mexico, 2.5 times in Hawaii and 2.5 times in South Carolina.
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