Girls' name · since 1977
Shaneil
Shaneil has 176 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaneil sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 176 recorded since 1977.
Shaneil has 176 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2007.
- #21,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaneil ranks #21,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaneil's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaneil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaneil's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2007
- Peak year (1985)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Shaneil by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (78 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Shaneil's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shaneil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 78 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shaneil's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2000s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~30 yrs)
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, 1977–2007 (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 Shaneil 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.