Shannel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shannel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,256 babies named Shannel between 1967 and 2023, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shannel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shannel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 449 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shannel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 160 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shannel in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shannel 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 1,256 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.