# Shanice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ʃəˈniːs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,591 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 9,586 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,659, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,344 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,693 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,296 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,604 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,839 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,112 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,787 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,367 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,593 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,179 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,200 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,184 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,512 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,269 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,981 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 8,313 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30 | 1,093 |
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Shanice

- Shanice van de Sanden, Dutch footballer
- Shanice, American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer
- Shanice Craft, German athletics competitor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.