BabyNamesTrends
Menu

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shanea

Shanea was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1607th with 95 babies. More babies were named Shanea in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Meaning Not yet researched how we research meanings

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
199195 babies
Total since 1880
1,131babies recorded

Shanea popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#13,2808
2000#5,66520
1990#1,85877
1980#3,05529
1970#6,9277
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shanea, counting every spelling?

Shanea has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shanea?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Shanea are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 32 and 41. That makes Shanea mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shanea by state

How common Shanea was among girls born in each state in 1989–1993, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (1.9×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.02Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shanea, girls, 1989–1993. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shanea: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shanea, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shanea

How popular is the name Shanea?

Shanea was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1607th with 95 babies. More babies were named Shanea in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shanea a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,131 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shanea most popular?

In 1989–1993, Shanea was most common in Pennsylvania (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Tennessee.