Shaneal — girls' name
62 babies named Shaneal in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 girls have been named Shaneal since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 62
- total births
- 1982–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shaneal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shaneal in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneal
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Shaneal between 1982 and 2005, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaneal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneal 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 62 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.
Shaneal at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1982
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
62 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 11 births in a single year.
Shaneal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 58% of Shaneal's all-time total
Shaneal decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaneal's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–2005 (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.