Shenell

Peak · girls
1971 · 23 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
624
since 1961

Shenell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shenell has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,955, 1971girls
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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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2007#13,9247
2006#17,1685
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2004#16,0995
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2002#12,1877
2001#15,3525
2000#15,0315
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1998#14,1225
1997#12,0706
1996#9,5818
1995#7,51411
1994#5,98415
1993#10,5887
1992#7,06712
1991#4,32923
1990#6,46513
1989#3,16533
1988#4,65318
1987#4,28319
1986#3,64523
1985#4,12619
1984#3,06928
1983#3,80620
1982#4,94514
1981#4,00519
1980#3,13427
1979#3,44223
1978#3,19624
1977#4,42515
1976#3,67818
1975#4,37014
1974#3,31320
1973#4,15514
1972#3,06221
1971#2,95523
1970#3,31119
1969#3,61915
1968#4,48910
1967#3,84512
1966#4,19810
1965#6,5395
1964#5,4747
1963#4,5399
1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Shenell! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shenell is popular in 2025

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

See more about Shenell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1971 at #2,955 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 22 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 55,865
  • Highest: 1 in 55,865 girls born in 1989 were named Shenell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 274,660 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,955 in 1971, was only 1 in 72,340 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 35.3% of all girls named Shenell (220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s79#3,619 (1969)#5,015
1970s191#2,955 (1971)#3,591
1980s220#3,069 (1984)#3,883
1990s100#4,329 (1991)#8,636
2000s34#12,187 (2002)#14,960

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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