Girls' name · since 1978
Shaniel
Shaniel has 40 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaniel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 40 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Shaniel recorded 40 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1995.
- #37,670 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaniel ranks #37,670 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaniel's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaniel splits its recorded history at 1991: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1995
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shaniel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (28 births, 70% of the file).
1990s was Shaniel's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Shaniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 28 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1978–1995 (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 Shaniel 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.