Girls' name · since 1977
Shenel
42 babies named Shenel in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shenel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shenel has been recorded 42 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1993.
- #37,093 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shenel ranks #37,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shenel's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shenel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shenel splits its recorded history at 1988: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shenel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1993
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Shenel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Shenel's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shenel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shenel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1977–1993 (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 Shenel 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.