Shonice — girls' name
91 babies named Shonice in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
91 girls have been named Shonice since 1972, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1997.
- 91
- total births
- 1972–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Shonice was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shonice in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shonice
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Shonice between 1972 and 1997, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shonice shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shonice 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 91 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.
Shonice at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shonice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1972
- Peak year (1992)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
91 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 21 births in a single year.
Shonice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 66 births that decade — 73% of Shonice's all-time total
Shonice decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shonice's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% 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, 1972–1997 (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.