Meaning and history
In the case of singer Shania Twain (1965–), who adopted it as her stage name, the name was apparently based on an Ojibwe phrase meaning “on my way.”
20062006: 639 births, rank #487
2007: 527 births, rank #569
2008: 464 births, rank #660
2009: 335 births, rank #834
2010: 268 births, rank #955
20112011: 290 births, rank #898
2012: 211 births, rank #1,162
2013: 199 births, rank #1,203
2014: 154 births, rank #1,459
2015: 129 births, rank #1,655
20162016: 128 births, rank #1,667
2017: 101 births, rank #1,964
2018: 143 births, rank #1,520
2019: 92 births, rank #2,056
2020: 85 births, rank #2,135
20212021: 103 births, rank #1,910
2022: 90 births, rank #2,123
2023: 96 births, rank #2,033
2024: 67 births, rank #2,607
20252025: 70 births, rank #2,514
Shania rose from #958 to #901 for girls between 2010 and 2011. Its highest annual birth count came in 1996, with 1,837 births.