Shany

Girl · recorded 1987–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shany.

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Its story

Popularity since 1987

03619871996200520142023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 14 recorded years as a table
Shany, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19873
19906
19933
20003
20043
20054
20094
20103
20113
20123
20153
20214
20224
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shany isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1987
85

Shany was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 6 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shany doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.