Shanelle — #5996 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,610 babies named Shanelle between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanelle currently holds the #5996 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shanelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 512 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanelle in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanelle 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 4,610 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.