Shanel

Peak · girls
1983 · 90 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,526
since 1962

Shanel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shanel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #1,328, 1983girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#8,44312
2023#10,3129
2022#9,68010
2021#6,69117
2020#7,21215
2019#6,17619
2018#4,66229
2017#6,53118
2016#4,73429
2015#7,26616
2014#4,45532
2013#4,64530
2012#4,04737
2011#5,54324
2010#4,86029
2009#4,01338
2008#4,76131
2007#4,05038
2006#3,91938
2005#3,80938
2004#4,28732
2003#4,03433
2002#3,19644
2001#5,36421
2000#4,79124
1999#2,89646
1998#2,53054
1997#2,82043
1996#2,08466
1995#2,34556
1994#2,16762
1993#2,06866
1992#1,58897
1991#1,547100
1990#1,57896
1989#1,81873
1988#1,66078
1987#1,63075
1986#1,44788
1985#1,69168
1984#1,43281
1983#1,32890
1982#1,58474
1981#1,50480
1980#1,76662
1979#1,85757
1978#1,86253
1977#2,21641
1976#1,96845
1975#2,27836
1974#2,83525
1973#2,68926
1972#3,06221
1971#3,16621
1970#3,57717
1969#3,10219
1968#3,31516
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1966#4,4939
1965#5,8176
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Shanel! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shanel is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shanel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shanel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,245 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1983 at #1,328 (90 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,562
  • Highest: 1 in 18,562 girls born in 1983 were named Shanel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.4% of all girls named Shanel (769) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s56#3,102 (1969)#4,517
1970s342#1,857 (1979)#2,551
1980s769#1,328 (1983)#1,586
1990s686#1,547 (1991)#2,162
2000s337#3,196 (2002)#4,222
2010s263#4,047 (2012)#5,292
2020s73#6,691 (2021)#8,633

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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