Shanel
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 90 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,526since 1962
Shanel over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 |
| 1996 | #2,084 | 66 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,068 | 66 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 1991 | #1,547 | 100 |
| 1990 | #1,578 | 96 |
| 1989 | #1,818 | 73 |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 |
| 1986 | #1,447 | 88 |
| 1985 | #1,691 | 68 |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 |
| 1981 | #1,504 | 80 |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,058 · 1 in 10,689
- Illinois#1,098 · 1 in 12,166
- California#1,434 · 1 in 16,855
- Texas#1,660 · 1 in 22,225
Best ever in a state: #397 in Maryland, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,058 | 10 | 1 in 10,689 |
| Illinois | #1,098 | 6 | 1 in 12,166 |
| California | #1,434 | 12 | 1 in 16,855 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 6 | 1 in 22,225 |
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See more about Shanel
- 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
- 2,245 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #9,457)
- 2,191 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #9,457)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1983 at #1,328 (90 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 30.4% of all girls named Shanel (769) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,517 |
| 1970s | 342 | #1,857 (1979) | #2,551 |
| 1980s | 769 | #1,328 (1983) | #1,586 |
| 1990s | 686 | #1,547 (1991) | #2,162 |
| 2000s | 337 | #3,196 (2002) | #4,222 |
| 2010s | 263 | #4,047 (2012) | #5,292 |
| 2020s | 73 | #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.
Shanel in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 25,306 of them was named Shanel, which outranked 86.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,680Manda69
- #1,680Myrna69
- #1,680Tanna69
- #1,691Shanel68
- #1,691Alysa68
- #1,691Brie68
- #1,691Cheree68
- #1,710Agnes67
- #1,710Apollonia67
- #1,710Cassey67
Tied with 18 names at #1,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.