How Many People Are Named Shanel?
people named Shanel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 139,049 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,526 babies named Shanel in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shanel in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanel alive today is about 33 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanel first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1991, to 100 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shanel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,341, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #9,998.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,998 |
| Best rank | #1,341 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,589 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanel were born in New York than in any other state: about 296 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanel was given 5.1 times as often in New York, 2.3 times in California and 1.5 times in Florida.
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