Shanise — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanise

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,466 babies named Shanise between 1968 and 2016, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 139 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanise performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 614 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shanise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanise in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanise 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 1,466 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.