girl's name

Shanea

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,165

Shanea is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 95 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Shanea over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

438
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shanea by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 138
1980s 412
1990s 438
2000s 123
2010s (to 2014) 20

How popular is Shanea?

In 2014, Shanea was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanea is used

Canada #2,748 5 in 1996
England & Wales #6,550 3 in 2008
United States #17,524 5 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shanea

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shanea also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shanea over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shanea

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shanea — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shanea

How popular is the name Shanea?

In 2014, Shanea was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shanea a girl's or a boy's name?

Shanea is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanea most popular?

Shanea peaked in 1991, when 95 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.