Shania

Where Shania comes from

The dictionaries list Shania as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Shania Collins born
    US athletics sprinter
  3. 1996
    Peak, #171
    1,837 babies named Shania — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #331.
  5. 1998
    Shania Junianatha born
    Indonesian singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Shania Collins · US athletics sprinter, born 1996
  • Shania Junianatha · Indonesian singer, born 1998
  • Shania Hayles · English association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.