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 | ||
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| 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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#329 · 1 in 2,229
- Virginia#469 · 1 in 3,748
- South Carolina#495 · 1 in 3,543
- Louisiana#559 · 1 in 4,028
- New York#580 · 1 in 4,520
Best ever in a state: #193 in District of Columbia, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #329 | 11 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Virginia | #469 | 9 | 1 in 3,748 |
| South Carolina | #495 | 5 | 1 in 3,543 |
| Louisiana | #559 | 7 | 1 in 4,028 |
| New York | #580 | 24 | 1 in 4,520 |
| Illinois | #587 | 15 | 1 in 4,729 |
| Pennsylvania | #713 | 9 | 1 in 7,636 |
| Michigan | #771 | 7 | 1 in 8,075 |
| Florida | #807 | 9 | 1 in 7,381 |
| New Jersey | #835 | 5 | 1 in 8,398 |
| Ohio | #905 | 6 | 1 in 11,324 |
| California | #1,120 | 18 | 1 in 11,539 |
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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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 9,859 of them was named Shanell, which outranked 92.8% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).