Shanell
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 204 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,707since 1964
Shanell over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanell has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,603 | 43 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,938 | 58 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,927 | 54 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,360 | 67 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,545 | 59 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,641 | 93 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,341 | 125 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,202 | 144 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,116 | 159 | — | |
| 1991 | #967 | 194 | — | |
| 1990 | #919 | 208 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,066 | 148 | — | |
| 1987 | #974 | 162 | — | |
| 1986 | #922 | 174 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,074 | 136 | — | |
| 1984 | #784 | 204 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,010 | 140 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,041 | 139 | — | |
| 1981 | #964 | 152 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,077 | 131 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,051 | 132 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,072 | 123 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,244 | 90 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanell! It came in at #3,692, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanell is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#479 · 1 in 3,104
- New York#1,239 · 1 in 14,736
- Texas#1,429 · 1 in 19,088
- California#1,502 · 1 in 19,517
Best ever in a state: #193 in District of Columbia, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #479 | 8 | 1 in 3,104 |
| New York | #1,239 | 7 | 1 in 14,736 |
| Texas | #1,429 | 5 | 1 in 19,088 |
| California | #1,502 | 7 | 1 in 19,517 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shanell
- 6,975 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #14,942)
- 8,019 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #14,942)
- 11,292 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1984 (#1,010 → #784)
- Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1985 (#784 → #1,074)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1984 at #784 (204 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1986–1987
- Highest: 1 in 8,254 girls born in 1984 were named Shanell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.9% of all girls named Shanell (1,550) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101 | #2,515 (1969) | #3,236 |
| 1970s | 798 | #1,051 (1979) | #1,560 |
| 1980s | 1,550 | #784 (1984) | #995 |
| 1990s | 1,223 | #919 (1990) | #1,520 |
| 2000s | 576 | #2,360 (2001) | #2,838 |
| 2010s | 382 | #2,938 (2010) | #4,088 |
| 2020s | 77 | #6,464 (2022) | #9,020 |
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.
Shanell in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 24,058 of them was named Shanell, which outranked 84.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,553Nita62
- #1,553Ruthie62
- #1,553Shamika62
- #1,563Shanell61
- #1,563Anetra61
- #1,563Carley61
- #1,563Cinnamon61
- #1,578Amity60
- #1,578Brigid60
- #1,578Bronwyn60
Tied with 14 names at #1,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 262,056 of them was named Shanell, which outranked 22.8% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,190Zavier7
- #4,190Zebulon7
- #4,190Zoltan7
- #4,634Shanell6
- #4,634Aamir6
- #4,634Aashish6
- #4,634Abayomi6
- #5,227Adante5
- #5,227Adaryl5
- #5,227Adedayo5
Tied with 592 names at #4,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.