Shania

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Shania is a feminine given name, popularized by country and pop singer Shania Twain. It is Twain, born Eilleen Regina Edwards, adopted the surname of her stepfather, Gerald "Jerry" Twain, an Ojibwe, and later changed her given name to "Shania" in his honour.

From Wikipedia

Shania first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 7 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 183 babies (rank #67 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Shania

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Shania yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

572
Total babies (all years)
7
Years in the data
183
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1997157#75
1998183#67
1999172#67
200057#104
20141#2,525
20151#2,575
20171#2,474