Quick answers about Shanya
How many people are named Shanya?
An estimated 2,115 living Americans are named Shanya.
How rare is Shanya?
Shanya fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Shanya?
The median age of a living American named Shanya is approximately 22 years, with most bearers falling between 19 and 26 years old.
Is Shanya still popular?
Not especially. Shanya has been declining since its 2003 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Shanya most common?
Shanya has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 5.8× more often than the national baseline.
1969Peak 20032025
Where it lives now
Shanya is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 5.8× the national rate in the 2000s. It also runs high in Georgia and Florida.
States where Shanya is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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