Shania

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1970 and has been recorded in 55 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,837 babies (rank #171 that year). In 2024 it was given to 67 girls (rank #2,622). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

15,744

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,837

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1970	5	#9,062
1971	7	#7,219
1972	8	#6,445
1973	6	#8,215
1974	8	#6,754
1975	14	#4,546
1976	14	#4,557
1977	10	#6,250
1978	17	#4,221
1979	23	#3,515
1980	21	#3,825
1981	24	#3,513
1982	26	#3,326
1983	27	#3,128
1984	34	#2,718
1985	42	#2,394
1986	31	#3,043
1987	36	#2,768
1988	33	#3,085
1989	41	#2,758
1990	36	#3,139
1991	53	#2,414
1992	52	#2,482
1993	85	#1,750
1994	68	#2,056
1995	576	#447
1996	1,837	#171
1997	861	#331
1998	1,049	#286
1999	1,639	#190
2000	1,098	#291
2001	763	#383
2002	605	#468
2003	955	#327
2004	812	#385
2005	707	#436
2006	639	#487
2007	527	#569
2008	464	#661
2009	335	#838
2010	268	#958
2011	290	#901
2012	211	#1,165
2013	199	#1,207
2014	154	#1,462
2015	129	#1,665
2016	128	#1,681
2017	101	#1,975
2018	143	#1,530
2019	92	#2,066
2020	85	#2,150
2021	103	#1,923
2022	90	#2,139
2023	96	#2,046
2024	67	#2,622