Shanay

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shanay is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 265K(measured from records)
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 54K
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 70K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,254 people, 2020

Sources
203 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shanay counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shanay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,2541 in 265K1.2KShanay203
ZA South Africa≈240 est.≈1 in 233K—Shanay19
AZ Azerbaijan≈150 est.≈1 in 70K—Shanay3
PK Pakistan≈110 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Shanay5
AU Australia≈110 est.≈1 in 238K1Shanay55
JM Jamaica≈52 est.≈1 in 54K—Shanay10
GY Guyana91 in 83K9Shanay3

1,254 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shanay is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shañay

  • Spanish surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Ecuador, Brazil, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese

    Also written Sañay, Sanay, Şanay, Şanaý, Sanäy

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Shanay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.2K#10,557
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1992153—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1990135—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1991133—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1989115—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198893—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198789—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202067#10,557
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198656—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198455—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198554—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199348—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shanay a male or female name?
Shanay is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shanay have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Shanay, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shanay.
How common is the name Shanay?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,254 people named Shanay in 2020, about 1 in 265 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shanay”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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