How rare is the name Shanelle?

3,898 people in the United States have the first name Shanelle, about 1 in 77,484. It ranks #4,680 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SHANELLE

#4,680

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,898
About
1 in 77,484
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,898 people named Shanelle, 51% reported their origin as Black, 19.3% as White and 14.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shanelle peaked in 1992, when 201 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
201
In 2025*
14 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,625 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shanelle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,828. The largest share of babies named Shanelle, 51.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#9,04450
1970s#3,240434
1980s#1,8281,355
1990s#2,1481,413
2000s#4,315691
2010s#5,438530
2020s#8,851152
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–9651.2%
Generation Z 1997–1225.6%
2013 and later10.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shanelle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shanelle has been most common in Hawaii (13×), Maryland (3.3×), and New York (2.8×), and least common in Illinois (0.4×).

2,332 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shanelle

2 other first names also have 3,898 people.

#4,680 Aubry · 3,898#4,680 Renea · 3,898

Either side of Shanelle

#4,680 Aubry · 3,898#4,680 Renea · 3,898#4,683 Alize · 3,896#4,683 Florinda · 3,896

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shanelle, most common first.

#4,840 Shanell · 3,723#6,821 Shanel · 2,308#18,633 Shenell · 577#20,499 Shenelle · 504#21,545 Shannell · 470#29,625 Shawnell · 298#31,632 Shaneil · 270#33,663 Shamell · 245

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