Girls' name · since 1976
Shanesha
Shanesha has 218 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 218 have been recorded since 1976.
Shanesha has 218 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1998.
- #18,948 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 218 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanesha ranks #18,948 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 218 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 218
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanesha's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shanesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shanesha's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shanesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1998
- Peak year (1992)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Shanesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (104 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Shanesha's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shanesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 104 births (48% of all-time use).
Shanesha by state
Where Shanesha concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 218 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Shaneshas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1976–1998 (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 Shanesha 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.