Girls' name · since 1972
Shandale
109 babies named Shandale in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
109 girls have been named Shandale since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shandale has 109 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1995.
- #26,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shandale ranks #26,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shandale's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shandale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shandale splits its recorded history at 1990: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shandale popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1995
- Peak year (1991)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shandale popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1972 (Shandale as boys' name)
Shandale by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (71 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Shandale's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Shandale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 71 births (65% of all-time use).
Shandale by state
Where Shandale concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.6% |
5 of 109 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Shandales (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shandale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
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, 1972–1995 (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 Shandale 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.