girls:
15.7k births since 1970
#1213 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.7k births since 1970
#2084 (73rd percentile)
The name Shania is the #2,084 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,674 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 73.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,213 (78.8% percentile) for all time with 15,674 births since 1970.
Shania first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970).
For girls, Shania reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 80.2% percentile (ranked #171) with 958 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 958 births per million (ranked 80.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shania ranks #856 for girls (9.6% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 5.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shania".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shania. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Shania is pronounced as shuh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-NAI-uh, at 41.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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