Shandel — girls' name
365 babies named Shandel in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
365 girls have been named Shandel since 1968, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 365
- total births
- 1968–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Shandel was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Shandel in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shandel
The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Shandel between 1968 and 2002, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shandel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shandel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shandel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shandel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shandel 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 365 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.
Shandel at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shandel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1968
- Peak year (1991)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
365 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 48 births in a single year.
Shandel popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1973 (Shandel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Shandel accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shandel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 143 births that decade — 39% of Shandel's all-time total
Shandel decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shandel's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Shandel by state
Where Shandel concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 3.0% |
11 of 365 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.0% 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, 1968–2002 (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.