Shanice — #12369 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanice

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,579 babies named Shanice between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanice currently holds the #12369 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 1,859 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6,155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shanice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,407 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanice in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanice 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 9,579 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.