Girls' name · since 1972
Shonice
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Shonice, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
91 girls have been named Shonice since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shonice has 91 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1997.
- #28,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shonice ranks #28,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shonice's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shonice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shonice splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shonice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1997
- Peak year (1992)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shonice by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Shonice's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Shonice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shonice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1972–1997 (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 Shonice 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.