Shanay
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 96.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 153 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,415since 1970
Shanay over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,573 | 48 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,149 | 153 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,263 | 133 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,232 | 135 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,465 | 93 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,459 | 89 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,905 | 55 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanay! It came in at #6,362, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanay is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#386 · 1 in 2,579
- Ohio#759 · 1 in 7,877
- New York#834 · 1 in 7,180
- Pennsylvania#836 · 1 in 9,075
- Michigan#889 · 1 in 8,925
Best ever in a state: #199 in District of Columbia, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #386 | 11 | 1 in 2,579 |
| Ohio | #759 | 9 | 1 in 7,877 |
| New York | #834 | 17 | 1 in 7,180 |
| Pennsylvania | #836 | 8 | 1 in 9,075 |
| Michigan | #889 | 7 | 1 in 8,925 |
| Georgia | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,533 |
| New Jersey | #964 | 5 | 1 in 9,593 |
| Illinois | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 13,085 |
| Florida | #1,250 | 6 | 1 in 13,188 |
| California | #1,618 | 14 | 1 in 18,746 |
| Texas | #1,655 | 7 | 1 in 19,655 |
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See more about Shanay
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1992 at #1,149 (153 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,052 girls born in 1992 were named Shanay (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Shanay (602) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 132 | #2,865 (1976) | #4,312 |
| 1980s | 602 | #1,339 (1989) | #2,098 |
| 1990s | 572 | #1,149 (1992) | #4,198 |
| 2000s | 99 | #7,158 (2000) | #10,873 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,817 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shanay in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 14,063 of them was named Shanay, which outranked 91.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Delilah136
- #1,229Jeana136
- #1,229Jelisa136
- #1,232Shanay135
- #1,232Brigette135
- #1,232Elana135
- #1,232Reanna135
- #1,237Ariella134
- #1,237Britnee134
- #1,237Britteny134
Tied with 4 names at #1,232; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.