Shanay
#5,480 most common girls' name of all time · #9,290 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among girls
#5,480
Rank overall
#9,290 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,465
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1992 #1,154
Best rank
#1,154 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 153/yr
Shanay first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,336 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,313 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,634 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,037 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,154 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,826 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,168 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,105 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,212 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,372 |
| 2000 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,314 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,025 |
| 1998 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,504 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,751 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,215 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,115 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,963 |
| 1993 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,588 |
| 1992 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,268 |
| 1990 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,236 |
| 1989 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,346 |
| 1988 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,473 |
| 1987 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,466 |
| 1986 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,974 |
| 1985 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,015 |
| 1984 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,918 |
| 1983 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,468 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,441 |
| 1981 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,438 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,695 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,520 |
| 1978 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,183 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,134 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,920 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,553 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,420 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,533 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,047 |