Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shanell

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Channel, pipe

Pronunciation

sh(a)-ne-ll

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #6935, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #919, 207 births); most recent 2025 (rank #14942, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–5
2024–13
2023–17
2022–18
2021–8
2020–16
2019–26
2018–22
2017–26
2016–35

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #2778, 7 births); most recent 2015 (rank #5726, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #2523, 11 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4073, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–
20153
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence