Shania

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shania: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shania: Recorded every year since 1995, it reached #16 in 1999, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#16highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#721
1998	#361
1999	#138
2000	#107
2001	#211
2002	#254
2003	#219
2004	#326
2005	#253
2006	#297
2007	#346
2008	#368
2009	#394
2010	#452
2011	#534
2012	#647
2013	#536
2014	#907
2015	#923
2016	#822
2017	#949
2018	#1083
2019	#1349
2020	#1397
2021	#1628
2022	#1849
2023	#2063
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2063 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1995–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2000
Highest recorded position: #16 among girls in New Zealand, in 1999 (recorded 1998–2000).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shania appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 2,926 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Shania across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shania's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#848 (1996)	#107 (2000)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	2,926 (1996–2024)	457 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#143 (2000)	#856 (2023)	26 of 29	252 (1995–2023)	28 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#74 (2000)	#397 (2020)	20 of 24	157 (1997–2020)	28 (2000)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#91 (1997)	#77 (1998)	#80 (1999)	3 of 3	296 (1997–1999)	107 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#48 (1998)	#16 (1999)	#40 (2000)	3 of 3	338 (1998–2000)	159 (1999)

Shania by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shania in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	487	4 of 10	122
2000sbusiest	1,815	10 of 10	182
2010s	532	10 of 10	53
2020s	92	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 182 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 270, from 457 to 187.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shania appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #16 in New Zealand in 1999.

Shania's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#949	39	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#822	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#923	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#907	41	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#536	78	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#647	64	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#534	78	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#452	92	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#394	107	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#368	120	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#346	126	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#297	151	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#253	176	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#326	122	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#219	213	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#254	156	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#211	187	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#107	457	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#138	336	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#361	92	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#721	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New Zealand	female	#40	88	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#16	159	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#48	91	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#200	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#74	28	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#90	24	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	28	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	22	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1995 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #16, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 457 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shane · #3, 72y
Shani · #615, 29y
Shanice · #211, 32y
Shaniece · #606, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Finley · #16, 30y
Brittany · #14, 32y
Ollie · #18, 30y
Bethany · #11, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brodie · #16, 32y
Finley · #16, 30y
Scarlett · #16, 30y
Birk · #18, 35y

Shania was ranked #16 in New Zealand · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shania and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shania without appearing here.

Shania moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #3695.
Tayla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #3318.
Sandra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #2771.
Sofie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #2574.

Moved ahead of Shania

Astrid Compare
In 2013 they stood at #536 and #626 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #907 and #486.
Ida Compare
In 2013 they stood at #536 and #542 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #907 and #516.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #534 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #647 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #534 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #647 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Shania

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shania went from #516 to #856 while Abigail went from #211 to #84.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shania went from #516 to #856 while Alice went from #76 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.

Moved the same way as Shania

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shania went from #848 to #1353 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #16 in New Zealand in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shania

Shania at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shania across 5 official records

Shania by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shania appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shania

Shania and the names beside it

Shania moved ahead of

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Shania at a glance

Shania across 5 official records

Shania by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shania appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shania

Shania and the names beside it

Shania moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shania

Moved the opposite way to Shania

Moved the same way as Shania