Girls' name · since 1967
Shannie
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Shannie, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
91 girls have been named Shannie since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shannie has 91 recorded births among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 1996.
- #28,223 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shannie ranks #28,223 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shannie's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shannie splits its recorded history at 1974: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shannie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1996
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Shannie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (57 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Shannie's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 57 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Shannie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shannie: 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 (~29 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, 1967–1996 (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 Shannie 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.