How rare is the name Shanice?

8,381 people in the United States have the first name Shanice, about 1 in 36,038. It ranks #2,779 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHANICE

#2,779

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,381
About
1 in 36,038
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,381 people named Shanice, 82% reported their origin as Black, 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shanice peaked in 1992, when 1,859 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
1,859
In 2025*
7 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,591 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Shanice by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #807. The largest share of babies named Shanice, 75.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#6,865135
1980s#1,4921,879
1990s#8076,155
2000s#3,1691,076
2010s#8,592270
2020s#14,54171
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–9675.5%
Generation Z 1997–1220.5%
2013 and later2.4%

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 Shanice is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shanice has been most common in Florida (2.7×), South Carolina (2.3×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Washington (0.25×).

8,189 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.

Either side of Shanice

#2,777 Rosendo · 8,397#2,778 Brant · 8,396#2,780 Azucena · 8,376#2,781 Haydee · 8,372

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,240 Shanika · 4,484#8,064 Shanique · 1,823#9,241 Shaniece · 1,519#11,235 Shanise · 1,153#17,090 Shanese · 651#20,104 Shaunice · 517#21,512 Shamica · 471#24,063 Shenise · 403

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