Shandell
The Story of Shandell
As a girl name
Shandell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1968, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 52 births, good for #2,420 nationwide. About 31% of every Shandell on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shandell last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 526 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shandell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1971, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 10 births, good for #3,613 nationwide. About 74% of every Shandell on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Shandell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shandell
Shandell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 526 births in the dataset. Shandell's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #2,420. Use the chart and map above to compare Shandell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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