Shenea — girls' name
146 babies named Shenea in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
146 girls have been named Shenea since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1995.
- 146
- total births
- 1973–1995
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Shenea was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Shenea in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenea
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Shenea between 1973 and 1995, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shenea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenea 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 146 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.
Shenea at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1973
- Peak year (1991)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
146 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 19 births in a single year.
Shenea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 82 births that decade — 56% of Shenea's all-time total
Shenea decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shenea's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–1995 (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.