How Many People Are Named Shaney?
An estimated 385 people in the United States have the first name Shaney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Shaney peaked in popularity in 1992 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shaney as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shaney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
385
About 1 in 890,271 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1992
27 births
Total Registered
415
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shaney
Shaney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 415 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Shaney as a female name
Ranked #15,643 in 2017
6 female births in 2017
Peak: 1992 (27 births)
Shaney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shaney span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 135 babies were registered. Shaney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Shaney by Decade
How has Shaney tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shaney by State
Shaney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shaney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Shaney
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Shaney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shaney?
We estimate approximately 385 people named Shaney are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 890,271 Americans share this first name.
Is Shaney a common name?
Shaney is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 415 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shaney most popular?
Shaney reached peak popularity in 1992, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shaney is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shaney a female name?
Shaney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shaney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shaney Smith, Shaney Johnson, Shaney Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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