Unisex name · since 1975
Shadell
Shadell has 66 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
66 girls have been named Shadell since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shadell has been recorded 66 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1998.
- #31,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shadell ranks #31,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shadell's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shadell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shadell's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shadell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1998
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shadell popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1995 (Shadell as boys' name)
Shadell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (34 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Shadell's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Shadell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 34 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shadell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shadell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.