Unisex name · since 1980
Shavell
Shavell has 113 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
113 girls have been named Shavell since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shavell has 113 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2012.
- #25,822 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavell ranks #25,822 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavell's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shavell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shavell's full recorded timeline at 1993, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shavell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2012
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shavell popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1992 (Shavell as boys' name)
Shavell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (59 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Shavell's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Shavell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 59 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shavell's data
- Shavell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Shavell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1980–2012 (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 Shavell 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.