Shanice

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shanice: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shanice: Recorded since 1992, it reached #211 in 1996, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#211highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#211
1997	#225
1998	#243
1999	#290
2000	#318
2001	#323
2002	#409
2003	#450
2004	#398
2005	#423
2006	#753
2007	#544
2008	#681
2009	#795
2010	#1093
2011	#915
2012	#1075
2013	#1324
2014	#2464
2015	#2945
2016	#1571
2017	#2502
2018	#2901
2019	#2643
2020	#3447
2021	#2942
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #510 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1075 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #262 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #211 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shanice appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 1,650 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1992.

Shanice across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shanice's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#211 (1996)	#211 (1996)	#3318 (2024)	28 of 29	1,650 (1996–2024)	200 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#262 (1992)	#252 (1998)	#510 (2012)	20 of 21	137 (1992–2012)	14 (1992)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#221 (1997)	#444 (2011)	12 of 15	53 (1997–2011)	7 (1997)

Shanice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shanice in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	670	4 of 10	168
2000sbusiest	760	10 of 10	76
2010s	191	10 of 10	19
2020s	29	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births fell by 47, from 88 to 41.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shanice appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #211 in England and Wales in 1996.

Shanice's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#915	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1093	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#795	44	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#681	53	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#544	68	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#423	88	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#398	93	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#450	76	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#409	80	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#323	110	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#318	107	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#290	122	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#243	167	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#225	181	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#211	200	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	11	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #211, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 200 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shaniece · #606, 18y
Shanise · #655, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fionnan · #211, 34y
Christy · #210, 31y
Rafe · #210, 29y
Cadan · #209, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bertie · #211, 30y
Kathlyn · #211, 20y
Sylvie · #211, 30y
Aimee-Leigh · #212, 21y

Shanice was ranked #211 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shanice and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shanice without appearing here.

Shanice moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Shauna Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1571 and #2547.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4192.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #318 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #323 and #871.

Moved ahead of Shanice

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.
Linda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1324 and #1639 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1016.
Susan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #3151 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #2042.

Moved the opposite way to Shanice

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shanice

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanice went from #211 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #211 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shanice

Shanice at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shanice across 3 official records

Shanice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shanice appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shanice and the names beside it

Shanice moved ahead of

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Shanice at a glance

Shanice across 3 official records

Shanice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shanice appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shanice

Shanice and the names beside it

Shanice moved ahead of

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