Girls' name · since 1966
Shavelle
122 babies named Shavelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1966
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 122 have been recorded since 1966.
Social Security Administration records show Shavelle recorded 122 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2014.
- #24,967 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1966
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavelle ranks #24,967 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1966, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1966
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shavelle's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shavelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shavelle splits its recorded history at 1993: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shavelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2014
- Peak year (1988)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Shavelle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Shavelle's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shavelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Shavelle's decade-level peak was the 1990s (53 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 Shavelle: 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 (~48 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, 1966–2014 (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 Shavelle 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.