Shanielle — girls' name
59 babies named Shanielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
59 girls have been named Shanielle since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 59
- total births
- 1979–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Shanielle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shanielle in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanielle
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Shanielle between 1979 and 2002, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanielle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanielle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanielle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanielle 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 59 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.
Shanielle at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1979
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
59 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 9 births in a single year.
Shanielle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 54% of Shanielle's all-time total
Shanielle decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanielle's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.