Girls' name · since 1986
Shardell
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Shardell, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Shardell since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shardell has 30 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1993.
- #41,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shardell ranks #41,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shardell's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shardell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shardell splits its recorded history at 1989: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shardell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1993
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Shardell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Shardell's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shardell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Shardell's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- 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 Shardell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1986–1993 (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 Shardell 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.