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 1993 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 412 babies (rank #78 that year). In 2024 it was given to 22 girls (rank #1,185). 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.

2,029
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
412
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
199313#1,306
199421#870
1995325#109
1996412#78
1997152#204
1998132#226
1999145#205
200085#327
200159#443
200242#583
200355#470
200443#588
200547#566
200633#784
200736#748
200843#660
200931#866
201044#650
201126#995
201226#1,012
201333#831
201423#1,127
201521#1,176
201630#893
201727#980
201818#1,351
201914#1,674
202017#1,409
202119#1,323
202214#1,627
202321#1,189
202422#1,185