Shonya

SHAHN-yuh /ˈʃɑːnjə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Shonya is a very rare variant of Shaniya that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.

Shonya is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1991. Shonya was first reported in SSA data in 1968 and peaked in 1971 (14 births).

About the name Shonya

PronunciationSHAHN-yuh /ˈʃɑːnjə/
14peak births 1971
1968first in SSA data

Names similar to Shonya

How popular is Shonya?

Girls named Shonya
1968197019751980198519901991
Girls named Shonya per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1968–1991 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1991) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Shonya total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
19915—#15,088
19805—#11,883
19798—#7,940
19778—#7,459
19768—#7,178
19758—#7,043
197412—#4,975
19739—#5,996
197210—#5,416
197114—#4,282
197012—#4,726
196913—#4,149
19685—#8,015