girl's name

Shanella

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 51

Shanella is a girl's name. In 1987 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 1973, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Shanella over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1987, not a full ten years.

21
'70 '80
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Births named Shanella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 12
1980s (to 1987) 21

How popular is Shanella?

In 1987, Shanella 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 Shanella is used

England & Wales #4,293 3 in 1996
France #6,327 5 in 2018
United States #11,776 5 in 1987

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 Shanella

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

Parents who like Shanella also like

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

Sibling names for Shanella

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

Common questions about Shanella

How popular is the name Shanella?

In 1987, Shanella 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 Shanella a girl's or a boy's name?

Shanella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanella most popular?

Shanella peaked in 1973, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.