Feminine dossier · first seen 1964

Shanell

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shanell
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.8% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

208

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1964Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

93.8%

2024

All-time

4,702

Shanell once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 208 girls were named Shanell.

In 2024, only 13 girls were given the name.

Down 93.8% from its peak.

All told, about 4,702 Americans have been named Shanell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1964.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.8% from peak

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