Shanyce — girls' name
267 babies named Shanyce in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
267 girls have been named Shanyce since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 267
- total births
- 1987–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Shanyce was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Shanyce in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanyce
The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Shanyce between 1987 and 2009, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanyce performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanyce shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shanyce in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanyce 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 267 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.
Shanyce at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanyce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1987
- Peak year (1992)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
267 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 30 births in a single year.
Shanyce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 140 births that decade — 52% of Shanyce's all-time total
Shanyce decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanyce's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Shanyce by state
Where Shanyce concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 267 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2009 (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.