Shanel Girl
How popular is Shanel?
#9,454 girl name in 2025
10 baby girls were named Shanel in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
Shanel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #9,454 for girls (▼ 1016 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (100 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,328 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shanel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shanelle family of names ranked #3,219 for girls in 2025 (#2,513 the year before), with 29 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shanel is most popular
Babies named Shanel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Shanel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56 | #3,101 |
| 1970s | 342 | #1,857 |
| 1980s | 769 | #1,328 |
| 1990s | 686 | #1,541 |
| 2000s | 337 | #3,192 |
| 2010s | 263 | #4,046 |
| 2020s | 73 | #6,686 |
Girl names about as popular as Shanel
Questions
- Is Shanel a boy or girl name?
- Shanel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shanel were girls.
- How popular is the name Shanel?
- 10 baby girls were named Shanel in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
- When was Shanel most popular?
- Shanel peaked in 1991, when 100 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,328 in 1983.
- How many people are named Shanel?
- 2,526 babies have been named Shanel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,466 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Shanel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shanel was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.