Shanecia — girls' name
92 babies named Shanecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
92 girls have been named Shanecia since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 92
- total births
- 1984–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Shanecia was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shanecia in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Shanecia between 1984 and 2002, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanecia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanecia 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 92 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.
Shanecia at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1984
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
92 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 12 births in a single year.
Shanecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 67% of Shanecia's all-time total
Shanecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanecia's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1984–2002 (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.