Girls' name · since 1987

Shaneese

90 babies named Shaneese in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#28,352 of 72,339
all-time among girls
90
born since 1987
1990s
peak decade

90 girls have been named Shaneese since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Shaneese has 90 recorded births among girls since 1987, 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 1987 to 1997.

  • #28,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 90 born since 1987
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaneese ranks #28,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.

#28,352 of 72,339
all-time among girls
90
born since 1987
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Shaneese's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Shaneese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Shaneese splits its recorded history at 1992: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Shaneese popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1997

Last recorded 1997
Peak year (1989)
14
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
46810121416 19871988198919901991199219931994199519961997 5

Shaneese by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 64% of the file).

1990s was Shaneese's strongest decade.

58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.

Shaneese births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (64% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Shaneese?
Shaneese has been given to 90 babies in the U.S. since 1987, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,352 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1997. 14 babies were born in 1989, its single highest year.
Where does Shaneese sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaneese ranks #28,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Shaneese most popular?
Shaneese was most popular in the 1990s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Shaneese been used?
Shaneese has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 11 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Shaneese?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sharon, Shannon, Shawna, Shari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaneese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1987–1997 (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 Shaneese 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.