Shannette — girls' name
180 babies named Shannette in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
180 girls have been named Shannette since 1965, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1991.
- 180
- total births
- 1965–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Shannette was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shannette in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shannette
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Shannette between 1965 and 1991, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shannette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shannette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shannette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shannette 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 180 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.
Shannette at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shannette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1965
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
180 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 17 births in a single year.
Shannette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 83 births that decade — 46% of Shannette's all-time total
Shannette decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shannette's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1965–1991 (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.