Shaneil — girls' name
176 babies named Shaneil in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
176 girls have been named Shaneil since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2007.
- 176
- total births
- 1977–2007
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Shaneil was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shaneil in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneil
The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Shaneil between 1977 and 2007, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneil performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaneil shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneil 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 176 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.
Shaneil at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1977
- Peak year (1985)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
176 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 15 births in a single year.
Shaneil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 78 births that decade — 44% of Shaneil's all-time total
Shaneil decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shaneil's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1977–2007 (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.