Shandale — girls' name
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.
65% of everyone ever named Shandale was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Shandale in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shandale
The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Shandale between 1972 and 1995, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shandale currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shandale performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shandale shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shandale in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shandale in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shandale at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shandale popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1972
- Peak year (1991)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
109 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 29 births in a single year.
Shandale popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1972 (Shandale as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Shandale accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shandale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 71 births that decade — 65% of Shandale's all-time total
Shandale decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shandale's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.