Girls' name · since 1969
Shanni
28 babies named Shanni in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shanni sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1969.
Shanni has 28 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1996.
- #41,956 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanni ranks #41,956 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #41,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shanni's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanni's full recorded timeline at 1972, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1996
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shanni by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Shanni's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shanni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Shanni's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1969–1996 (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 Shanni 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.