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Shanea

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Shanea is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
199195 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
1,131people given the name
Babies named Shanea, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,131 girls have been named Shanea in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 95 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 95 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 39%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shanea
1970s138
1980s412
1990s438
2000s123
2010s20

In 1991, its biggest year

Shanea was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Shanea

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.