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Shanell

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Shanell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 787th, in 1984.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
130.00% of girls
Peak year
1990208 births
Best rank
#787in 1984
Since 1964
4,702people given the name
Babies named Shanell, by year of birthgirls
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,702 girls have been named Shanell in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 208 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 33%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Shanell
1960s101
1970s798
1980s1,550
1990s1,223
2000s576
2010s382
2020s72

In 1990, its biggest year

Shanell was the 919th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Shanell

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

Other spellings in the data

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.