girls:
1.4k births since 1970
#4316 (24th percentile)
boys:
40 births since 2017
#4546 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1970
#6290 (19th percentile)
The name Shanay is the #6,290 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,455 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 18.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,316 (24.5% percentile) for all time with 1,415 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,546 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 2017.
Shanay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Shanay is available in 46 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shanay has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Shanay were girls. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1970 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2017 to 2023).
For girls, Shanay reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 17.2% percentile (ranked #711) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 76 births per million (ranked 17.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
For boys, Shanay reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #905) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Shanay is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #905 (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shanay".
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