Shanel — #8504 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,515 babies named Shanel between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanel currently holds the #8504 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 769 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shanel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 303 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanel in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanel 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 2,515 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.