Shanice

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1992 · 1,859 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,586
since 1968

Shanice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shanice has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #162, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#12,1617
2023#8,98911
2022#5,98420
2021#9,56210
2020#6,92316
2019#5,44923
2018#7,10016
2017#7,44215
2016#4,99027
2015#4,72529
2014#5,45624
2013#5,14326
2012#4,60131
2011#4,24434
2010#3,51645
2009#3,04756
2008#2,60971
2007#2,48575
2006#2,03197
2005#2,05791
2004#1,614120
2003#1,477132
2002#1,535123
2001#1,384137
2000#1,158174
1999#727310
1998#958214
1997#820252
1996#684319
1995#508481
1994#342782
1993#2121,345
1992#1621,859
1991#700304
1990#722289
1989#452537
1988#270938#7,2705
1987#1,088140
1986#2,51239
1985#1,269106
1984#2,91530
1983#3,55522
1982#3,34425
1981#4,16218
1980#3,99219
1979#4,05218
1978#3,28323
1977#5,53211
1976#3,67818
1975#3,95016
1974#5,36010
1973#4,58612
1972#5,4809
1971#4,53412
1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Shanice! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shanice is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedNHWashington: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,897 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedMNIllinois: #293 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,885 girlsILWisconsin: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,185 girlsWIMichigan: #407 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,022 girlsMINew York: #320 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,947 girlsNYMassachusetts: #468 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,849 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedIAIndiana: #387 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,862 girlsINOhio: #424 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,492 girlsOHPennsylvania: #365 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,660 girlsPANew Jersey: #333 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsNJConnecticut: #205 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,275 girlsCTCalifornia: #770 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 6,256 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedUTColorado: #558 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,116 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedNEMissouri: #459 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,614 girlsMOKentucky: #485 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,257 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedWVVirginia: #239 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,546 girlsVAMaryland: #282 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,847 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedKSArkansas: #289 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,785 girlsARTennessee: #478 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,723 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #238 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,507 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #162 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 861 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #392 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,464 girlsOKLouisiana: #279 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,610 girlsLAMississippi: #233 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsMSAlabama: #262 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsALGeorgia: #242 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,494 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shanice, so not publishedHITexas: #931 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,337 girlsTXFlorida: #414 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,963 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#162 · 1 in 861
  2. Connecticut#205 · 1 in 1,275
  3. Mississippi#233 · 1 in 1,141
  4. North Carolina#238 · 1 in 1,507
  5. Virginia#239 · 1 in 1,546

Best ever in a state: #51 in Hawaii, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#162231 in 861
Connecticut#205151 in 1,275
Mississippi#233121 in 1,141
North Carolina#238271 in 1,507
Virginia#239241 in 1,546
Georgia#242281 in 1,494
Alabama#262141 in 1,619
Louisiana#279161 in 1,610
Maryland#282151 in 1,847
Arkansas#28971 in 1,785
Illinois#293411 in 1,885
New York#320611 in 1,947
New Jersey#333211 in 2,285
Pennsylvania#365271 in 2,660
Indiana#387121 in 2,862
Oklahoma#39271 in 2,464
Michigan#407201 in 3,022
Florida#414261 in 2,963
Ohio#424201 in 3,492
Missouri#45991 in 3,614
Massachusetts#468101 in 3,849
Tennessee#47881 in 3,723
Kentucky#48551 in 4,257
Wisconsin#48971 in 4,185
Colorado#55851 in 4,116
Washington#73751 in 5,897
California#770391 in 6,256
Texas#931161 in 8,337
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shanice
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161#11,932)
  • 5,009 spots since 2020 (#6,923#11,932)
  • 7,207 spots since 2015 (#4,725#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 818 spots in 1988 (#1,088#270)
  • Biggest drop: 431 spots in 2000 (#727#1,158)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1992 at #162 (1,859 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1988–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 992
  • Highest: 1 in 992 girls born in 1992 were named Shanice (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 64.2% of all girls named Shanice (6,155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,016 (1968)#7,016
1970s135#3,283 (1978)#4,753
1980s1,874#270 (1988)#2,356
1990s6,155#162 (1992)#584
2000s1,076#1,158 (2000)#1,940
2010s270#3,516 (2010)#5,267
2020s71#5,984 (2022)#9,259

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shanice in 1989

girls
#452
537 births · 1 in 3,433 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #452Shanice537
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,433 of them was named Shanice, which outranked 96.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanice
  1. #448Katelynn543
  2. #450Iris541
  3. #451Alisa538
  4. #452Shanice537
  5. #453Sally536
  6. #454Britany534
  7. #454Norma534
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989