girl's name

Shanessa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 160

Ireland

#962

2007 births

Shanessa is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Shanessa 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 2012, not a full ten years.

45
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shanessa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 15
1980s 45
1990s 37
2000s 20
2010s (to 2012) 14

How popular is Shanessa?

In 2012, Shanessa was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanessa is used

Ireland #962 3 in 2007
Canada #3,206 5 in 2006
England & Wales #6,896 3 in 2011
United States #14,190 7 in 2012

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 Shanessa

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

Parents who like Shanessa also like

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

Sibling names for Shanessa

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

Common questions about Shanessa

How popular is the name Shanessa?

In 2012, Shanessa was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shanessa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanessa most popular?

Shanessa peaked in 1989, when 17 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.