Shanell — #8036 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanell

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,702 babies named Shanell between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanell currently holds the #8036 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 208 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,550 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shanell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 565 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanell in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanell 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 4,702 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.